The Poetical Works of John MiltonT. Tegg, 1842 - 767 pages |
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Page xlvii
... sense , the liberty is ours , to choose that interpretation , which may best mind us of what our restless enemies endeavour and what we are timely to prevent . And here may be well observed the loose and negligent curiosity of those ...
... sense , the liberty is ours , to choose that interpretation , which may best mind us of what our restless enemies endeavour and what we are timely to prevent . And here may be well observed the loose and negligent curiosity of those ...
Page lxxiv
... sense in spirituality ; that we can rely on nothing but the material objects presented to our view ; then poetry would be an empty , uninstructive , and even delusive amusement : but I presume that they who attempt to set up such a ...
... sense in spirituality ; that we can rely on nothing but the material objects presented to our view ; then poetry would be an empty , uninstructive , and even delusive amusement : but I presume that they who attempt to set up such a ...
Page lxxxix
... sense : the characters are few , and the language , for the most part , subdued and plain : the sentiments are abund- ant , wise , elevated , and beautiful . Here the poet is more profuse , and more rich , even than in the " Paradise ...
... sense : the characters are few , and the language , for the most part , subdued and plain : the sentiments are abund- ant , wise , elevated , and beautiful . Here the poet is more profuse , and more rich , even than in the " Paradise ...
Page xcv
... sense in which Aristotle uses it , is a necessary essential , the conclusion is incontrovertible . Of all the fifty - two poets whose Lives have been written by Johnson , and of whom not less than seventeen are mere versifiers , and ...
... sense in which Aristotle uses it , is a necessary essential , the conclusion is incontrovertible . Of all the fifty - two poets whose Lives have been written by Johnson , and of whom not less than seventeen are mere versifiers , and ...
Page xcviii
... sense of the glory of England , to belong to that Englishman , who would not feel the strongest emotions at the sight of a descendant of Milton , discovered in the person even of the most humble and unlettered of human beings † . " No ...
... sense of the glory of England , to belong to that Englishman , who would not feel the strongest emotions at the sight of a descendant of Milton , discovered in the person even of the most humble and unlettered of human beings † . " No ...
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Page lxxvii - her nocturnal note. Thus with the year Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of eve or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and cver-during dark .Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men
Page lxxxiv - And I looked, and beheld a pale horse, and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him : and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with sickness, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 521 - harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose ; But musical as is Apollo's lute ", And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns. El. Br. List, list ; I hear Some far-off halloo break the silent air. Sec. Br. Methought so too ; what should it be ? El. Br. For certain Either some one like us
Page 586 - Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures ', Whilst the landskip round it measures ; *• Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest ; Meadows trim with daisies pide, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide : Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in
Page 576 - In : But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more *. Return, Alpheus ; the dread voice is past. That shrunk thy streams"; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers
Page xcviii - Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; 0, raise us up ! return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thou hadst a voice, whose sound was like the sea : Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free
Page 612 - Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piemontese that roll'd Mother with infant down the rocks *. Their moans The vales redoubled to the lulls, and they To Heaven. Their martyr'd blood and ashes sow O'er all
Page 93 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, 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
Page 612 - ON HIS BLINDNESS. WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide *, Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, chide ; " Doth God exact day-labour, light denied
Page 506 - dire*, And aery tongues that syllable " men's names On sands, and shores, and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong-siding champion. Conscience.— O, welcome, pure-eyed Faith ; white-handed Hope, Thou hovering angel girt with golden wings * ; And thou.