I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence. Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 432by John Milton - 1750Full view - About this book
| Anne Ferry - Poetry - 1983 - 207 pages
...with thee to goe, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. (XII, 614-619) In the final passage of the epic introduction to Book III, the contrasts... | |
| William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to mee Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banisht hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence; though all by mee is lost, Such favor... | |
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