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" Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys; Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sunbeams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus "
The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 280
by John Milton - 1881 - 460 pages
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...PENSEROSO. IL PENSEROSO. vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou goddess, sage and...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...: — " Hence, vain, deluding joys! The brood of Folly, without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ; Dwell...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering Dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus* train.'" *' Begone, ye vain joys of Mirth...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of MORPHEUS' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy I Hail, divinest MELANCHOLY ! Whose saintly visage is too bright...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...Penseroso, H, LENCE , vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without Father bred ! How little you bested , Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell...gaudy shapes possess , As thick and numberless As the eay motes that people the sun-beams , Or likest hovering dreams ! The fickle pensioners of Morpheus'...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...(MILTOJf.) HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred ! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell...shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay moles that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train....
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...VOL. mil EK c E vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...vB [IBID.] HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell...people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy ! Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine: I. Ancient ...

Anecdotes - 1809 - 562 pages
...flight, &c." This page of Du Bartas was before Milton when he wrote as follows: Hence vain deluding joys Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...that people the sun-beams Or likest hovering dreams " Tbefekle pensioners of Morpheus' train. ,,,, , ru //. Pens. / ^ \\ lien Milton wrote, Wallowing unwieldy,...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in...Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and hoiy, Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight,...
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