 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...making a riotous and unruly 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 doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream: And the slope Sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...almost tipsily, in its tones of revelry: The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of heav'n doth hold; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, . . . Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance... | |
 | 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
...save. OAEL-1; OBS 307 POETRY QUOTATIONS 8 The Star that bids the Shepherd fold, Now the top of Heav'n st, and help me! reach thy hand, For I am drowning in a stormier sea Tha steep Atlantick stream, (1. 1—5) FaBoCh; FiP; NOBE; OAEL-1; OBEV; OBS; TrGrPo 9 Sweet Echo, sweetest... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep. 7472 Comus An old and haughty nation proud in arms. 7473 Comus h in triumph from the north, With your hands, and your feet, steep Atlantic stream. 7474 Comus What hath night to do with sleep? 7475 Comus Come, knit hands, and... | |
 | Consumer education - 2003 - 358 pages
...oil change— if your car's batten- is accessible. Some batteries are sealed and can't be checked. And the gilded car of day, His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream. 99 John Milton SNOWBIRD DISCOUNTS If you spend a good portion of every yeor... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...riotous and unruly noise, with torches in their hands. Comus. The star that bids the shepherd fold,0 Now the top of heaven doth hold, And the gilded car of day,0 His glowing axle doth allay0 In the steep Atlantic stream,0 And the slope sun his upward beam0... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 pages
...making a riotous and unruly 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 doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward... | |
 | Thomas R. Frosch - Poetry - 2007 - 368 pages
...Dionysian seducer Comus, who goes on to say that now that the folding star "the top of Heav'n doth hold," the "gilded Car of Day / His glowing Axle doth allay / In the steep Atlantic stream" (93-97). The apex of Venus is the drowning nadir of the sun; now is the time... | |
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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... 
