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Page 85
... Earl of Bridgewater , Lord President of Wales , by way of an entertainment to the gentry of the neighbour- hood . ( See Introductions to these two Poems . ) Whether Milton was present at the performance of either the Arcades or the ...
... Earl of Bridgewater , Lord President of Wales , by way of an entertainment to the gentry of the neighbour- hood . ( See Introductions to these two Poems . ) Whether Milton was present at the performance of either the Arcades or the ...
Page 160
... Earl of Bridge- water , then President of Wales . " " LYCIDAS . In this Monody the author bewails a learned friend , unfortunately drowned in his passage from Chester on the Irish seas , and , by occasion , foretells the ruin of our ...
... Earl of Bridge- water , then President of Wales . " " LYCIDAS . In this Monody the author bewails a learned friend , unfortunately drowned in his passage from Chester on the Irish seas , and , by occasion , foretells the ruin of our ...
Page 165
... Earl , " & c . 1644 . Looking at these small additions , in so long a period as six years , to his manuscript stock of poems , and seeing that it might still be some time before he could redeem his promise of more extensive poetic ...
... Earl , " & c . 1644 . Looking at these small additions , in so long a period as six years , to his manuscript stock of poems , and seeing that it might still be some time before he could redeem his promise of more extensive poetic ...
Page 178
... Earl ” ( 1644 ) : in Milton's own hand . These three pages are blank . 13-29 COMUS ( 1634 ) , much corrected throughout : all in Milton's own hand . 30-34 LYCIDAS ( 1637 ) , with corrections throughout : all in Milton's own hand 35-41 ...
... Earl ” ( 1644 ) : in Milton's own hand . These three pages are blank . 13-29 COMUS ( 1634 ) , much corrected throughout : all in Milton's own hand . 30-34 LYCIDAS ( 1637 ) , with corrections throughout : all in Milton's own hand 35-41 ...
Page 185
... Earl . ” * XI . " A Book was writ of late . " XII . " I did but prompt the age . " ' Harry , whose tuneful . " * XIII . * XIV . " When Faith and Love . " * XV . * " ' Avenge , O Lord . " XVI . " When I consider how . " * XVII ...
... Earl . ” * XI . " A Book was writ of late . " XII . " I did but prompt the age . " ' Harry , whose tuneful . " * XIII . * XIV . " When Faith and Love . " * XV . * " ' Avenge , O Lord . " XVI . " When I consider how . " * XVII ...
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Page 412 - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight.
Page 144 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame ; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 415 - And, as I wake, sweet music breathe Above, about, or underneath, Sent by some Spirit to mortals good, Or the unseen Genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 408 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled...
Page 428 - We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire ; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
Page 262 - Oaks and rills, While the still morn went out with Sandals gray, He touched the tender stops of various Quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay: And now the Sun had stretched out all the hills, And now was dropt into the Western bay; At last he rose, and twitched his Mantle blue: To-morrow to fresh Woods, and Pastures new.
Page 443 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil...
Page 390 - While the heaven-born child 30 All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun, her lusty paramour. II. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow...
Page 415 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes.
Page 390 - But He, her fears to cease, Sent down the meek-eyed Peace ; She, crowned with olive green, came softly sliding Down through the turning sphere His ready harbinger, With turtle wing the amorous clouds dividing; And waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.