 So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight, With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For, of the soul, the body form doth take, For soul is form,...  A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature ... - Page 270edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1788 - 512 pages
...sovereign might Temper so trim, that it may well be seen 115 A palace fit for such a virgin queen. So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more iairely dight I jo With chearful grace and amiable sight... | |
 | 1792 - 774 pages
...trim, that it may well be feen A palace fit for fuch a virgin queen. So every fpirit, as ii is moft pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit, and it more fairely dight With chearful grace and amiable fight ; For of... | |
 | English literature - 1860 - 566 pages
...Spenser,' he deemed the former t fitting casket for the enshrined jewel. ' For every spirit as it is more pure And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer body doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and amiable sight. For... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1805 - 594 pages
...that it may well be feene 125 A pallace fit for fuch a virgin queene. So every fpirit, as it is moft pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in, and it more fairely dight iso With chearfull grace and amiable fight... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 602 pages
...every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in, and it more fairely dight...With chearfull grace and amiable sight ; For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; For soule is forme, and doth the bodie make. Therefore where-ever... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1849 - 496 pages
...the 13th Eccl., he describes the body as a house, with eyes for windows, &c. Spencer has it, — " So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So it the fairer tody doth procure To habit in, and it more fairly dight With cheerful grace and amiable sight ; For... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 360 pages
...Cudworth. 8 In one of Spenser's hymns on Love and Beauty, he breathes this platonic doctrine. " — — Every spirit, as it is most pure " And hath in it the more of heavenly light, " So it the fairer body doth procure " To habit in, and it more fairly dight " With cheerful grace and amiable sight ;... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822
...soveraine might Temper so trim, that it may well be seene . A pallace fit for such a virgin queene. So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heaveply light, So it the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in, and it more fairely dight With chearfull... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1825 - 452 pages
...soveraine might Temper so trim, that it may well be seene 125 A pallace fit for such a virgin queene. So every spirit, as it is most pure, And hath in it the more of heavenly light, So h the fairer bodie doth procure To habit in, and it more fairely dight ISO With cbearfoll grace and... | |
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