 And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Sivu 168tekijä(t) John Milton - 1852Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1832 - 438 sivua
...minutes to adorn their minds, observe their growth in virtue, and curb each wayward passion ! " For wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort, Might be too ruffled, and sometimes impaired.'' MILTON'S COMUS. Imploring that protective aid that... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 sivua
...would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, 361 For grant] This line obscures the thought, and loads the expression : it had been better out. Warburton.... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1833 - 444 sivua
...pleiid Milton's authority for the latter part of his sentiment, who very elegantly tells us that « Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...her wings. That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however that season when all nature puts... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1833 - 446 sivua
...sentiment, who very elegantly tells us that ' Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Whore with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however, that season when alj nature puts... | |
 | 1837 - 1322 sivua
...indeed, can we fear ? Man is not with us : we are alone with God. Is darkness so very terrible 7 " He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day." Puff, puff, puff — it is done ; the torches are out, and now we are indeed in darkness. Ah, that... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 sivua
...would Illy her own radiant light, though sun and moon iWere in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude; Where, with her...bustle of resort Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes tmpair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' center, and enjoy bright... | |
 | Plato - 1834 - 482 sivua
...unpolluted and unshackled mind. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to ewcct retired solitude ; Where, with her host nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustîe of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes ini[wlretl. He that has light within his own Hear... | |
 | 1835 - 496 sivua
...— " Virtue can see to do what virtue ought, By her own radiant lipht, though sun'and moon Were in the flat sea sunk; and wisdom's self Oft seeks to...feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustles of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | 1835 - 292 sivua
...poem in praise of Monte Olivetto, the monastery at Naples where he had been so hospitably received. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet was often raised... | |
 | South - 1835 - 300 sivua
...poem in praise of Monte Olivetto, the monastery at Naples where he had been so hospitably received. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet was often raised... | |
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