 But hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Sivu 216tekijä(t) John Milton - 1852Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1806 - 408 sivua
...people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail them Goddess, sage and holy, Hail divinest Melancholy,...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem, I'rince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To set her beauty's... | |
 | E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 sivua
...the sunbeams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, I him goddess, sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy...view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, hut such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem: Or that starr'd Ethiop queen lhat strove... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 sivua
...pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail divinest Melancholy, \Vhose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erUid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might... | |
 | John Aikin - 1807 - 696 sivua
...and may, perhaps, be new to many of your readers and those of Milton, Permit me to quote the passage. Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to oar weaker view U'rrlaut with black, staid Wisdom's fade; « • Black, Inn such as in esteem Prince... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 sivua
...that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail divinest Melancholy,...of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view, OVrlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem, Prince Memnon's sister might... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 sivua
...As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, But hail, thou goddess, sage and holy ! Hail, divinest...esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that star'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea nymphs, and their pow'rs offended... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 512 sivua
...hov'ring dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morphens' train* But hail, thou goddess sage and holy ! il.il!, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too...Prince Memnon's sister might beseem ; Or that starr'd Etjiiop queen, that strove For other beauties praise above The sea-nymphs, and these powers offended... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 sivua
...lifcest hovering dreams, __. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. I'lt ii.nl, thou goddess, gage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly...Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince M emnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 sivua
...that people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou. Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest...visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, »2 / I a Sad leaden Downward cast fe them on the earth as fast : °[n wi*h thce calm Peace, an that... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 sivua
...that people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest...visage is too bright TO hit the sense of human sight, e2 And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in... | |
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