 Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's...  Complete Poetical Works - Page 151by John Milton - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...box in his study. Milton chose for his contemplative pleasures a spot where crickets resorted :— Where glowing embers through the room Teach light...all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth. nPensmao. Goldsmith happily introduces this little domestic, in his poem of Edwin and Angelina : —... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow...mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's 2 drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in... | |
 | John Milton - Milton, John, 1608-1674 - 1853 - 380 pages
...bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's2 drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfeu sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's2 drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...fleecy cloud, Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off Curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or if the...light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort o£ mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...head she bowM, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging...permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing ember» through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - Children's literature, English - 1854 - 332 pages
...head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud. Oft on a plat of rising ground I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...fleecy cloud. Oft on a p.at of rising ground, I hear the far off curfew sound, Over some wide watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar ; Or if "the...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...plat of rising ground, I hear the far-ofF curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore, IL PENSEROSO. Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
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