 | John Spencer Hill - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 224 pages
...thought with hidden matters: Heav'n 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 re veal' d Not of Earth... | |
 | Roger Shattuck - Knowledge, Theory of, in literature - 1997 - 388 pages
...counseling sobriety and humility. 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 revealed Not of Earth... | |
 | John Milton - 1998 - 1498 pages
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 | Ellen F. Davis - Religion - 2000 - 324 pages
...heavenly bodies, he replies: . . . heav'n 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. . . . (8:172-75) Adam accepts the correction in words that were doubtless inspired by Koheledi: ...... | |
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Eve ; 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... 
