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Page vii
... eyes in darkness . His favourite reading was in books of poetry , among which are particularly mentioned , Sylvester's Du Bartas ( a vast curious medley of sense and nonsense , childish platitudes and genuine poetry , quaint pedantry ...
... eyes in darkness . His favourite reading was in books of poetry , among which are particularly mentioned , Sylvester's Du Bartas ( a vast curious medley of sense and nonsense , childish platitudes and genuine poetry , quaint pedantry ...
Page x
... eyes - with cheek ten- derly flushed by exercise and country air - with a form erect and buoyant with hope - with a body and soul pure and un- contaminated - and bearing , like one of the ancient gods , a musical instrument in his hand ...
... eyes - with cheek ten- derly flushed by exercise and country air - with a form erect and buoyant with hope - with a body and soul pure and un- contaminated - and bearing , like one of the ancient gods , a musical instrument in his hand ...
Page xi
... eyes of the offi- cials , seemed the age too late or too early on which both had fallen - a meeting like that of Morning with her one star , and day in the distance , and of Midnight , with all her melancholy maturity and host of ...
... eyes of the offi- cials , seemed the age too late or too early on which both had fallen - a meeting like that of Morning with her one star , and day in the distance , and of Midnight , with all her melancholy maturity and host of ...
Page xvii
... to suspect that the bright eyes of Miss Davis had in part inspired it . Like almost all first - rate speeches , such as Burke's , and Fox's , and b • Chatham's best , it failed in gaining its object LIFE OF JOHN MILTON . xvii.
... to suspect that the bright eyes of Miss Davis had in part inspired it . Like almost all first - rate speeches , such as Burke's , and Fox's , and b • Chatham's best , it failed in gaining its object LIFE OF JOHN MILTON . xvii.
Page xx
... " judgment , " and to dream that it was a drop of the king's blood which had quenched his eyes ! Milton has written more than one noble Mr complaint over his completed blindness . We could have XX LIFE OF JOHN MILTON .
... " judgment , " and to dream that it was a drop of the king's blood which had quenched his eyes ! Milton has written more than one noble Mr complaint over his completed blindness . We could have XX LIFE OF JOHN MILTON .
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Adam agni Angels arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright call'd Cherubim cloud Comus cùm Dagon dark death deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Father fear flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour ipse Israel King light live Lord lost Lycidas malè Messiah mihi Milton morn mortal night numina o'er Paradise Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd peace Philistines praise PSALM quæ rais'd reign replied return'd round Samson Agonistes Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake Spirit St Paul's school stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice whence winds wings wonder
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Page 123 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 506 - Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise; Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming tide, Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Page 509 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 513 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 502 - And all their echoes, mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays.
Page 106 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends...
Page 507 - And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 26 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the /Egean isle : thus they relate, Erring...
Page 505 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Page 22 - Above them all the archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge ; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...