 Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in 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...  British Theatre - Page 31by John Bell - 1791Full view - About this book
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 pages
...the desires of love and promoting chastity (215). Were in the flat sea sunk ; and wisdom's self 37,5 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 pages
...desires of love and promoting chastity (215). 149 \ 150 Were in the tlat sea sunk ; and wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May... | |
 | John Britton - Architecture - 1813 - 802 pages
...affects The pensive secresy of desert cell ; And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitnde, Whert Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too rnffled, and sometimes impaired. " The front of the grotto is partially concealed by ivy... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - Architecture - 1813 - 822 pages
...affects The pensive secresy of desert cell ; And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair' (i. " The front of the grotto is partially concealed by... | |
 | Robert Deverell - Hieroglyphics - 1813 - 354 pages
...desires of love and promoting chastity (2 1.5). 149 Were in the; flat sea sunk ; and wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse contemplation, v> r. She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her... | |
 | 1755 - 262 pages
...when he wrote those beautiful lines ; " And wisdom's self " Oft seeks to such retired solitudes, " Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, " She plumes...feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That, in the various bastle of resort, »' Were ail-to ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This solitary situation of a parish... | |
 | Nuneham Courtenay (England) - 1814 - 198 pages
...pensiv» secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, a 3 AVhere with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her wing*, That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, ami sometimes impaired'. Proceeding... | |
 | Henry Kett - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 598 pages
...perlbnines Wifdom ; " Wifdom's felf Oft fecks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impaired." ' And Pope, in his Windfor Foreft,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's...with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feaihtrs, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all 100 ruffled, and sometimes... | |
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