There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of Not too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight, Till many years over thy head return : So may'st thou live ;... Le Paradis perdu de Milton - Page 406by John Milton - 1857 - 448 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...dust ? " " There is," said Michael, " if thou well observe The rule of ' Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which will change To wither'd, weak, and grey ; thy senses then, Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego, To... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...said Michael*, " if thou well observe The rule of Not too much ; by temperance taught, In what Ihou r waxen city grows, And out upon each other's wings...and busy as by day : Some run for buckets to the h ; rill like ripe fruit, thou drop — Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly... | |
| Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 338 pages
...temperance of the Romans. They knew that, " If thou well observ'st The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...return, So may'st thou live till like ripe fruit thou dropp'st Into thy mother's lap." MiLTaN. When the ambassadors had examined Alexandria, and regulated... | |
| History, Ancient - 1844 - 326 pages
...settle in all places peace an concord. " If thou well observ'st The rule of not too much, by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...return, So may'st thou live till like ripe fruit thou dropp'st Into thy mother's lap." MILTON. When the ambassadors had examined Alexandria, and -gulated... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...loosened from its branch, so our soul without grieving departs from the body in which it hath been." So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather' d, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. Milton, PL b. xi. 537. 3 The chief of the new Pharisees.]... | |
| Dante Alighieri - Hell - 1845 - 636 pages
...loosened from its branch, so our soul without grieving, departs from the body in which it hath been." So mayst thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop...ease Gather*d, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature. Milton, PLt b. xi. 537. « The chief of the new Pharisees.] Boniface VIII., whose enmity to the family... | |
| John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather 'd, not harshly pluck 'd, for death mature : This is old age ; but then thou...outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which willchange To wither'd, weak, and gray ; thy senses, then 540 Obtuse, all taste of pleasure must forego,... | |
| John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 pages
...well observe 530 The rule of Not too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eal'st and drink 'st ; seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This... | |
| John Milton - Bible - 1849 - 296 pages
...dust'.'" : <!' " There is," said Michael, " if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temp'rance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking...fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease 536 Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature: This is old age ; but then thou must outlive Thy... | |
| John Milton - 1849 - 650 pages
...connatural dust ? There is, said Michael, if thou well observe 530 The rule of JVof too much ; by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st ; seeking...mayst thou live ; till, like ripe fruit, thou drop 535 Into thy mother's lap ; or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd ; for death mature : This... | |
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