 We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire ; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And, on the tawny sands...  Comus: A Mask - Page 10by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Northrop Frye - Literary Collections - 2005 - 529 pages
...claim to be is precisely similar: elemental spirits whose power has a true consent with the planets: We that are of purer fire Imitate the Starry Quire, Who in their nightly watchfull Sphears, Lead in swift round the Months and Years. [11. 111-14] Such a conception of "harmony"... | |
 | Harriett Hawkins - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 308 pages
...party: 60 [Let us] welcome Joy and Feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and Jollity . . . Strict Age and sour Severity With their grave Saws in slumber lie ... Night hath better sweets to prove, Venus now wakes, and wak'ns Love, Come let us our rites begin,... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 pages
...revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. Braid your locks with rosy twine, Dropping odours, dropping wine. Rigour now is gone to bed; And Advice with scrupulous head,...that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the... | |
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