 | Thomas Keightley - Mythology, Classical - 1838 - 1120 pages
..." because she thence, as from a fount, draws light." This, by the way, strongly resembles Milton's Hither as to their fountain other stars Repairing in their golden urns draw light." — PL vii. 36-1. b Quintus Smyrnaeus, x. 334. geg. c Hymn iii. 100. " See below, Part II. chap. x.... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...to receive And drink the liquid light, firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light, 365 And hence the morning planet gilds her horns : By tincture or reflection they augment Their small... | |
 | Hannah More - 1840 - 844 pages
...is calculated to inspire wonder, or communicate delight. Athena was the pure well-head of poetry : Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light. It was the theatre of arms, the cradle of the arts, the school of philosophy, and the parent of eloquence.... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
..." And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain " Her gather'd beams — great palace now of light. " Hither, as to their fountain, other stars " Repairing, in their golden urns draw light; " And hence the morning planet gilds her horns : " By tincture, or reflection, they augment " Their... | |
 | John Edmund Reade - Bible - 1843 - 202 pages
...downwards — himself being the greatest of poets: Milton and Donne, among others, frequently recur to it : " Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light." MILTON. In our later days, Lord Byron, among other distinguished poets, has availed himself of its... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...to receive And drink the liquid light; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light, And hence the morning planet gilds her horns; By tincture or reflection they augment Their small peculiar,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1843 - 456 pages
...whatever ia calculated to inspire wonder, or communicate delight. Athens was the pure well-head of poetry: Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light. It was the theatre of arms, the cradle of the arts, the school of philosophy, and the parent of eloquence.... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her galher'd beams, great palace now of light. And hence the morning-planet gilds her horns ; By tincture or reflection they augment Their small peculiar,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pages
...exaggerated. The national intellect is continually recurring to them for renovation and increase of power: " As to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light." They are a perpetual preservative against false taste and false notions. Their great author is the... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...The national intellect is continually recurring to them for renovation and increase of power — ' As to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light.' They are a perpetual preservative against false taste and false notions. Their great author is the... | |
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In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light... 
