The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... ladies , captains , counsellors , or priefts , Their choice nobility and flower , not only Of this but each Philiftian city round , 1655 Met from all parts to folemnize this feast . Samfon with thefe immix'd , inevitably Pull'd down the ...
... ladies , captains , counsellors , or priefts , Their choice nobility and flower , not only Of this but each Philiftian city round , 1655 Met from all parts to folemnize this feast . Samfon with thefe immix'd , inevitably Pull'd down the ...
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... ladies danc'd upon the hearth ; Thy droufy nurse hath fworn she did them spie Come tripping to the room where thou didst lie , And sweetly finging round about thy bed Strow all their blessings on thy fleeping head . my fear , She heard ...
... ladies danc'd upon the hearth ; Thy droufy nurse hath fworn she did them spie Come tripping to the room where thou didst lie , And sweetly finging round about thy bed Strow all their blessings on thy fleeping head . my fear , She heard ...
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... Lady , may thy grave Peace and quiet ever have ; After this thy travel fore Sweet reft feize thee evermore , That to give the world increase , Shortned haft thy own life's leafe ! Here , befides the forrowing That thy noble houfe doth ...
... Lady , may thy grave Peace and quiet ever have ; After this thy travel fore Sweet reft feize thee evermore , That to give the world increase , Shortned haft thy own life's leafe ! Here , befides the forrowing That thy noble houfe doth ...
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... ladies , whofe bright eyes Rain influence , and judge the prize Of wit , or arms , while both contend To win her grace , whom all commend . There let Hymen oft appear In faffron robe , with taper clear , And pomp , and feaft , and ...
... ladies , whofe bright eyes Rain influence , and judge the prize Of wit , or arms , while both contend To win her grace , whom all commend . There let Hymen oft appear In faffron robe , with taper clear , And pomp , and feaft , and ...
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... Lady of this place . Though Syrinx your Pan's mistress were , Yet Syrinx well might wait on her . Such a rural Queen All Arcadia hath not feen . 90 95 100 105 XVI . A A S K M A PRESENTED At XVI . A 116 MILTON'S POEMS .
... Lady of this place . Though Syrinx your Pan's mistress were , Yet Syrinx well might wait on her . Such a rural Queen All Arcadia hath not feen . 90 95 100 105 XVI . A A S K M A PRESENTED At XVI . A 116 MILTON'S POEMS .
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Page 82 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence : And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence ; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
Page 65 - 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 183 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 180 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 109 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 160 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 105 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 108 - 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...
Page 11 - Let us not break in upon him. O change beyond report, thought, or belief!
Page 104 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...