The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of... Comus: A Mask - Page 20by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...see on The Passwn, v. 50. And the gilded ear of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantie stream, And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Paeing toward the other goal 100 Of his ehamber in the east. Meanwhile weleome joy and feast, Midnight... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...water turned to wine. HEF.RICK. ('OMUS, — THE star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of heaven doth hold, And the gilded car of day His glowing axle...upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east. Meanwhile welcome Joy, and Feast, Midnight shout,... | |
| John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...Apparel glistring, they com in making a riotous and unruly noise, with Torches in their hands. Comus. The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top of Heav'n doth hold, And the gilded Car of Day, 95 His glowing Axle doth allay In the steep Atlantick stream, And the slope Sun his upward beam Shoots... | |
| Raymond Dexter Havens - English poetry - 1922 - 746 pages
...Lea. Or those green isles, where headlong Titan steeps His hissing axle in tli" Atlantic deeps. A nd the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the sleep Atlantic stream. Mean time the vig'rous dancers beat the ground. Come, knit hands, and beat the... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...noise, with torches in their hands. Comus. The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold; And the gilded car of Day His glowing axle...upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east. Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - Chivalry - 1913 - 972 pages
...of rising in the east. Milton alludes to this in his "Comus": "Now the gilded car of day His golden axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, And...upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing towards the other goal Of his chamber in the east." The abode of the gods was on the summit of Mount... | |
| David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...distinct from the earlier formal blank verse, moves trippingly, almost tipsily, in its tones of revelry: The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top...glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, . . . Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. . . .... | |
| William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1986 - 260 pages
...to contradictory or paradoxical impulses. His images of fulfillment, containment, rest and recovery ("the gilded Car of Day, / His glowing Axle doth allay / In the steep Atlantick stream") are intercepted by the contrary rhythms of "midnight shout and revelry / Tipsie... | |
| Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake. Listen and save. OAEL-1; OBS 307 POETRY QUOTATIONS 8 ; InvP; MoBrPo; OBNC; TrGrPo E Tenebris 10 Come down,...hand, For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simo Atlantick stream, (1. 1—5) FaBoCh; FiP; NOBE; OAEL-1; OBEV; OBS; TrGrPo 9 Sweet Echo, sweetest Nymph... | |
| John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...noise, with Torches in their hands. Comus. The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top ofHeav'n doth hold, And the gilded Car of Day, His glowing Axle doth allay In the sleep Atlantick slream, And the slope Sun his upward beam Shoots againsl the dusky Pole, Pacing toward... | |
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