 Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells! Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal World! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor— one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 82by John Milton - 1886 - 581 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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 | Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...What shall be right; farthest from him is best, Whom reason hath equall'd, force hath made supreme Above his equals. Farewell, happy fields, Where joy...changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same ?... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 538 pages
...structure of his verse is very excellent. The specimen produced is part of that fin* speech of Satan's. -Farewell, happy fields, Where Joy for ever dwells:...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. To rule is worth Ambition, f ho' in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven ». Zixrmtt... | |
 | Kālidāsa - 1814 - 192 pages
...strain, however, in Satan's sublime apostrophe to Hell, is still more elevated : " Hail, horrors, hail 1 and thou, profoundest Hell, " Receive thy new possessor...by place or time ; " The mind is its own place, and in itself " Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven." Reference to this noble principle is very... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...Farewell, happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail, horrors ! hail, Infernal world ! And thon, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who...changed by place or time: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...and most depraved nature. Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of torments : — Hail horrors ! hail Infernal world ! and thou, profoundest...brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. i. 250. And afterwards : — Here at least We shall be free ! th' Almighty hath not built Here for... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...best, Whom reason hath equall'd, force hath made suAbove his equals. Farewell, happy fields, [preme chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of Hell, a hell... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 414 pages
...mournful gloom || For that celestial light ? Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells. (00) HAIL, horrors ! Hail., Infernal world! And thou, ••...brings A mind, not to be changed by place or time. 26] SECT. 8. — Expression. This term I use, in rather a limited sense, to denote the proper influence... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 328 pages
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