 She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Sivu 238tekijä(t) John Milton - 1852Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1867
...paramour. Only with speeches fair She woo« the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent enow , And on her naked shame. Pollute with sinful blame,...her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformitiem. But he, her fears to cease, Sent down the meek eyed Peace ; She, crowned with olive green,... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909
...child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season...for her To wanton with the Sun, her lusty Paramour. ii Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 289 sivua
...child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature in awe to him Had dofFt her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. Milton goes on to give a picture of peace descending on the world at the nativity: the fourth stanza... | |
 | Françoise Pellan - 1994 - 193 sivua
...5. « On thé Morning of Christ's Nativity .,. str. 7, 79-80. Only with speeches fair She woos thé gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blâme, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so... | |
 | William Riley Parker, Gordon Campbell - 1996 - 1539 sivua
...a wry smile the very f1rst stanza of the Hymn: Nature in awe to Him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. In writing the Nativity Ode the younger Milton is conspicuously and unnecessarily concerned about guilty... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns, Corns Thomas N., Senior Lecturer Department of English Thomas N Corns - 1999 - 316 sivua
...child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature in awe to him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great master so to sympathize: It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun her lusty paramour, (lines 29-36) Personified Nature, the ur-mother to the virgin mother, consort to the Heavenly Father,... | |
 | Patrick Cheney
...mortall blemish may her blot" (57,58,53,54). In Milton, Jesus's transcendent purity encourages nature To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on...sinful blame The saintly veil of maiden white to throw. (39-42) Chloris brings an olive branch to Elisa that symbolizes "peace, when wars doe surcease" (124-25),... | |
 | Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 411 sivua
...All meanly wrapped in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize; It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour} 2 Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air 4. God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 5. The Magi... | |
 | Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 411 sivua
...All meanly wrapped in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize; It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour.7 2 Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air 4. God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 1957 - 1059 sivua
...fair She woos the gentle Air To hide her guilty front with innocent Snow, And on her naked shame, 40 Pollute with sinful blame, The Saintly Veil of Maiden...eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. in But he her fears to cease, 45 Sent down the meek-ey'd Peace; She crown'd with Olive green, came... | |
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