 Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there: be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being: Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there live, in what state, condition or degree; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not...  The Mystical Design of Paradise Lost - Page 61by Galbraith Miller Crump - 1975 - 194 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...fear.1 " Of other creatures, as him pleases best, " Wherever placed, let him dispose; joy thou 170 " In what he gives to thee — this Paradise " And thy fair Eve : Heaven is for thee too high " To know what passes there; be lowly wise : " Think only what concerns... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...above ; him serve and fear. Of other creatures, as him pleases best, Wherever placed, let him dispose ; joy thou In what he gives to thee, this Paradise And thy fair Eve ; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...above, him serve and fear: Of other creatures, as him pleases best, Wherever placed, let him d1spose: joy thou In what he gives to thee, this Paradise And thy fair Eve; Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee... | |
 | 1859 - 914 pages
...Even Milton, whose epic certainly does not err upon the side of materialism, tells us : — " Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there. Be lowly wise ; Contented that thus far hath been revealed." So, too, should it be in our daily duties, as well as... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...above; him serve and fear. Of other creatures, as him pleases best, Wherever placed, let him dispose; joy thou In what he gives to thee, this Paradise And thy fair Eve; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee,... | |
 | A. L. O. E. - 1860 - 294 pages
...Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid, Leave them to God above; him serve and fear. .... Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there. Be lowly wise." " The calm philosopher may analyze HILTON. The elements that form a water-drop; But will the faint... | |
 | Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1861 - 290 pages
...Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid, Leave them to God above ; him serve and fear. .... Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there. Be lowly wise/' JIlLTON. "The calm philosopher may analyze The elements that form a water-drop ; But will the faint... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 578 pages
...and fear. Of other creatures, as him pleases best, Wherever placed, let him dispose ; joy thou '7o In what he gives to thee, this Paradise And thy fair Eve ; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns... | |
 | Selections - 1862 - 348 pages
...serve, and fear ! Of other creatures, as Him pleases best, Wherever placed, let Him dispose. Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there ; be...wise : Think only what concerns thee, and thy being. But, apt the mind, or fancy is to rove Unchecked, and of her roving is no end •Till, warned, or by... | |
 | Joseph William Morris - 1862 - 134 pages
...well as directly, we have the relation she sustained to Adam, as when Raphael reminds him thus : — " Joy thou In what He gives to thee : this Paradise, And thy fair Eve." A parallelism of blessings, at once ennobling the woman, and illustrating the garden. And we must linger... | |
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