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" Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly ; pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City, or suburban, studious walks and shades... "
Preparatory Greek Course in English - Page 35
by William Cleaver Wilkinson - 1882 - 294 pages
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A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical: Of the ..., Volume 1

John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - Commercial geography - 1851 - 1078 pages
...human mind. This important em in the history of Athens has been beautifully alluded to by Milton: — See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird TrlUn her thirk-warbled notes the lummer long : There flowery hill llymettui with the Bound Of b«-o*'...
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Home Authors and Home Artists: Or, American Scenery, Art, and Literature

History - 1852 - 218 pages
...temple. Such was the education found in the Lyceum where Aristotle lectured, and in " The olive-grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the attic bird...industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing." No Grecian city was without its public squares, airy colonnades, spacious halls, and shady groves;...
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John Milton: the Patriot and Poet

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, And hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades; See there...Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flow'ry hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing;...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there...Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick- warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees' industrious...
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Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, Volume 41

1852 - 702 pages
...tho air, and lijjht the soli ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence See there iho olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where...thick-warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill Hy me thus with the suuud Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites To studious mnsing; • •- ••...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1853 - 716 pages
...native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shade*. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement,...sound Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites To ttudious musing; there Ilissus rolls His whispering stream : within the walls, then view The schools...
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Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean: On Board an American Frigate

Nathaniel Parker Willis - History - 1853 - 412 pages
...hospitable, in her sweet reeess City or suburban, studious walks or shades. See, there the olive groves of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the attic bird...hill, Hymettus, with the sound Of bees' industrious murmurs, oft invites To studious musing j there Ilissus rolls His whispering stream; within the walls...
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Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and ..., Volume 2

John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bee's industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing...the walls, then view The schools of ancient sages ; his,8 who bred Great Alexander to subdue the world, Lyceum there, and painted Stoa next : There shalt...
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Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical

Christopher Wordsworth - Art, Greek - 1853 - 614 pages
...of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits, Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there...Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick warbled notes the summer long ; There flowery hill H YMF/TlTS, with the sound Of bees' industrious...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...there the olive-grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attie bird Trills her thick- warbled notes the summer long : There, flowery hill, Hymettus,...industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing : there Ilyssus rolls His whispering stream. Within the walls then view The schools of ancient sages ; his...
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