 Peace, brother: be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils; For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 93by John Milton - 1853Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...fuMinie poem than at prcicnt. It occurs again, v.^bz. And in the fenfe of prtt/ent, bindir, &c. ^(. ^ . What need a man FORESTALL his date of grief, And run to meet what he would mult avoid ? LADY. How eafy my misfortune is to hit ! 286 C o M u s. Imports their lofs, befidc the... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...evils i 360 COMUS. . Or if they be bat false alarms of fear, How bitter is such self-deiu$ion ? ' 365 I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled...book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, Ai that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...unknown " What need a man forestal his date of grief, " And run to meet what he would most avoid ? " Of if they be but false alarms of fear " How bitter is such self-delusion I " I do not think my sister so to seek, " Or so unprincipled in virtue's book, " And the sweet peace... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...of uncertain evils ; 3» " For, grant they be so, while they rest unknown " What need a man forestal his date of grief, " And run to meet what he would...How bitter is such self-delusion ! " I do not think ray sister so to seek, " Or so unprincipled in virtue's book, " And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...fashion of uncertain evils: 360 For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, \Vhat need a man forestal his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid ? Or if they be but false alarms of fears, How bitter is such self delusion ? I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled in... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...forget my age, and renewed in me the warm desires after virtue, so natural to uncor« rupted youth. " I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled...virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms evcr° As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could... | |
 | John Milton - 1808 - 96 pages
...heat ? El. Br. Peace, brother; be not over-exefuisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils : . 360 For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What need a man forestall his date of grief, V. 341. — ircaily — Tyrian Cynosure.] Our greater or lesser bearslar. Calislo, the daughter of... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...overexquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils : For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, 02 What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run...self-delusion ! I do not think my Sister so to seek, Or sj unprincipled in Virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...savage heat ? El. Rr. Peace, brother : be not over-exquisite To cast the fashion of uncertain evils : For grant they be so, while they rest unknown, What...false alarms of fear, How bitter is such self-delusion ! 365 I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled in Virtue's book, And the swee> peace... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...direful grasp Of savage hunger, or of savage heat ? Elder Brother. Peace, Brother; be not overexquisite What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid r Or if they be but false alarms of fear, How bitter is such self-delusion ! I do not think my Sister... | |
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