Comus a Mask by John MiltonG. Routledge, 1858 - 90 pages |
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... pass through this adventurous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from heaven , to give him safe convoy , As now I do ; but first I must put off These my sky robes spun out of Iris ' woof , 5 And take the weeds and ...
... pass through this adventurous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from heaven , to give him safe convoy , As now I do ; but first I must put off These my sky robes spun out of Iris ' woof , 5 And take the weeds and ...
Page 34
... let a single helpless maiden pass Uninjured in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of 34 COMUS .
... let a single helpless maiden pass Uninjured in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , Lest some ill - greeting touch attempt the person Of 34 COMUS .
Page 36
... pass on with unblenched majesty , Be it not done in pride or in presumption . Some say no evil thing that walks by night , In fog or fire , by lake or moorish fen , Blue meagre hag , or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains ...
... pass on with unblenched majesty , Be it not done in pride or in presumption . Some say no evil thing that walks by night , In fog or fire , by lake or moorish fen , Blue meagre hag , or stubborn unlaid ghost That breaks his magic chains ...
Page 46
... pass unweeting by the way . This evening late , by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot - grass dew - besprent , 21 and were in fold , I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied , and ...
... pass unweeting by the way . This evening late , by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot - grass dew - besprent , 21 and were in fold , I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied , and ...
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... pass on a second perusal . The want of what we may call personality , none of the characters having names , except Comus himself , who is a very indefinite being , and the absence of all positive attributes of time and place , enhance ...
... pass on a second perusal . The want of what we may call personality , none of the characters having names , except Comus himself , who is a very indefinite being , and the absence of all positive attributes of time and place , enhance ...
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amidst Anchises Ascanius beg me sing beget on youthful bower brute Carpathian wizard's Charáctered chaste chastity clouted shoon COMUS Corineus Cornwall crown that Virtue dead Parthenope's divine philosophy doth drouth drowsy-flighted EARL OF BRIDGEWATER earth cumbered ELDER BROTHER enchanter esteemed Estrildis Faerie Queene fair Ligea's false Fancy can beget fear flocks foul gentle give goddess grace Guendolen halloo hast hath head be crowned Hecat Henry VI herb hidden strength honour Jove knot-grass LADY Listen lord loved mayst Milton mortal Nereus night nymph o'er Paradise Lost ribs of Death Roving the Celtic Sabrina Scylla SECOND BROTHER shades shepherd shrewd meddling elf silver lining sister sits the Assyrian sky robes spun soft and solemn-breathing solemn-breathing sound song soul spell SPIRIT stalk with languished stars stream Strive to keep swain sweet taste tell thee thou thought Thrice upon thy thy banks Thyrsis unlocked my lips wand wild winged air darked wood