And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 168by John Milton - 1852Full view - About this book
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...would By her own radiant ПцЫ, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...her wings. That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruflled, and sometimes impair^. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i'... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...palaces, lay straining her low thoughts To form unreal wants. Ibid. RETIREMENT. Wisdom's self Oft seeks so sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse,...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milton's Comus, Dear solitary groves, where peace does dwell... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...plight. Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in t, but for his pass must pay: Лe w,dow in distress...he graciously reliev'd, And remed,ed thewrong.of tets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd.... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...smeel retired solitude,] At first he had written the verse thus, Oft seeks to solitary sweet retire. Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. " Hath not he moche nede... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...seeks to solitary sweet retire. 3/6. For the same uncommon use of seek, Mr. Bowle cites Bale's VWhere with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. " Hath not he moche nede... | |
| Christianity - 1825 - 628 pages
...desire to have some time to itself, undisturbed by the calls of business, or even of friendship : " And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Helyot) HUt. des Ordres Monastiques, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...plight Virtue eould see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in o famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet reeess,...where the Attie bird Trills her thiek-warbled notes t all too ruffled, and sometimes Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear breast May sit i' th'... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 366 pages
...often shut myself up." v< The occasion ?" asked Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, * Where, with her best nurse,...wings, ' That in the various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." "But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind —... | |
| Scotland - 1825 - 810 pages
...shut myself up." " ' The occasion ?' asked Tremaine. " ' Why, wisdom's self, you know, * Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruined, and sometimes impair'd.' " ' But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind —... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 370 pages
...often shut myself up." " The occasion ?" asked Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, ' Where, with her best nurse,...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, ' 'lliat in the various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." " But seriously,... | |
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