 Would sit, and hearken even to extasie, And in requitall ope his leather'n scrip, And shew me simples of a thousand names Telling their strange, and vigorous faculties, Amongst the rest a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; The...  Comus, a Maske - Page 10by John Milton - 1902 - 29 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Whewell - Science - 1866 - 680 pages
...Sprengel, i. 205. " Sprcngel, i. 206. UNSYSTEMATIC KNOWLEDGE. 367 He would ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange and vigorous faculties. * MILTON, Comut. Where the subject of our history is so entirely at a stand, it ia unprofitable to... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...grass • Would eit, and hearken even to ecstacy, And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...rest a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he culled me out; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstacy; 625 And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names Telling their strange...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; 630 The leaf was da'rkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 192 pages
...grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy; And, in requital, ope his leathern scrip. And shew mo simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...rest, a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cnll'd me out ; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But lu another country, as he said. Boro... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...grass Would sit, and hearken e'en to ecstasy, 625 And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; 630 And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...sing; Would sit, and hearken even to ecstacy; 625 And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...unsightly root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; 630 The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright... | |
 | Virgil - Agriculture - 1871 - 376 pages
...tender grass Would sit and hearken even to ecstasy, And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange and vigorous faculties." Milton, Comus. 318 v. 396—418. THE .ENEID. The practice too of healing, rather chose, And fameless... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...tender grass Would sit, and hearken e'en to ecstasy, And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...root, But of divine effect, he cull'd me out; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...tender grass Would sit, and hearken ev'n to ecstasy; And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And show me simples of a thousand names, Telling their strange...rest a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he culPd me out; The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1873 - 882 pages
...sing, Which when I did, he on the tender grass Would sit, and hearken even to ecstasy, And in requital ope his leathern scrip, And shew me simples of a thousand...names, Telling their strange and vigorous faculties. Among the rest a small unsightly root, But of divine effect, he culled me out ; The leaf was darkit.li,... | |
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