 | American literature - 1925 - 806 pages
...quote his own words : 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 bustíe of resort Were ail-too ruffled and sometimes impair'.!. To this period of preparation belong... | |
 | Frederick Alexander Manchester, William Frederic Giese - Literature - 1926 - 906 pages
...the flat sea sunk. 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 ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | Ernest Augustus Boyd - Literary Criticism - 1927 - 288 pages
...quote his own words 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 ail-too ruffled and sometimes impair'd. 47 To this period of preparation belong... | |
 | Odell Shepard - Connecticut - 1927 - 310 pages
...SOLITUDE AND MULTITUDE 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 to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. — MILTON I ALLOWED the automobile... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, m Peete Cross bustle of resort, 379 Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own... | |
 | Ernest Augustus Boyd - American literature - 1927 - 286 pages
...quote his own words 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 ail-too ruffled and sometimes impair'd. 47 To this period of preparation belong... | |
 | John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self 375 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 bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and somtimes impairM. 380 He that has light within his own cleer... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...the flat sea sunk. 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 to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...bustle of activity : And Wisdoms 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 to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms 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 to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer... | |
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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... 
