...montes." 5 Eclog. 62. Milton advances a step higher, and makes the trees join in an act of devotion. " And wave " your tops ye pines with every plant, in sign " of •uionhip wave." • (c) v. 13. '' Instead, &c." figurative, to express a change to better times :...

...uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise, His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow,...all ye living souls ; ye birds. That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye...

...poor uncle's, to whom he was then going, with those very lines on his tongue, — " ' His praise, y« winds, that from four quarters blow — Breathe soft...ye pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave ! ' * He began again, and again pronounced the lines with the same happiness of elocution and gesture,...

...uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow. Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye With every plant, in sign of worship ware. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs,...

...uncolor'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling show'rs, Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye winds ! that from four quarters blow,...warble as ye flow Melodious murmurs, warbling tune bis praise. Join voices all ye living souls, ye birds ! That sinning, up to heaven's high gate ascend,...

...Richard Burke raised his head, and in a feeble but devout voice repeated, from Milton's morning hymn, "His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pirns, "With every plant, in sign of worship wave." These were almost the last words which he spoke....

...Or wet the thirsty earth with falling show'rs. Rising or falling still advance his praise. • • His praise, ye winds ! that from four quarters blow,...living souls, ye birds ! That singing, up to heaven's high gate ascend, •. ' Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide !...

...Milton's masterly skill a sweetness, of which the English tongue could hardly be thought susceptible. " His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow,...Fountains and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious mnrmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to...

...sky, Or wet tlie thirsty earth with falling showers, .Rising or falling, still advance his priase. His praise ye 'winds '. that from four quarters blow,...ascend, Bear on your wings, and in your notes his praise. ' Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk . The earth, and stately tread or lowly creep !...

...uncolnr'd sky. Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers, Rising or falling, still advance his praise. His praise, ye winds ! that from four quarters blow...every plant, in sign of worship, wave. Fountains ! and >e that warble, a:, ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling, tune his praise. Join voices all ye living...