 | Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 1970 - 412 pages
...populos dat iura. * TT61000 S4 Tf|V TUpOWOV dtvSpCGTTOIS \l6\rt\V. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk; and in 588-9: Vertue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surpriz'd by unjust force, but not enthrall'd. Of... | |
 | Arthur S. P. Woodhouse, Douglas Bush - Poetry - 1970 - 434 pages
...double night of darkness, and of shades'1 (330-4), or his confident 'Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk' (372-4) — with various effects of symbolism and, on occasion, of dramatic irony. The wood is predominantly... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...active life. He frequently contrasts quiet contemplation with the bustle of activity : And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with...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 his father's home for... | |
 | William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...public as when alone, the virtuous man has the authority within him, where it is always bright noon. "Virtue could see to do what virtue would / By her...light, though Sun and Moon / Were in the flat Sea sunk" (373-375). He sustains the conditions of external observation in the well-lit privacy of his mind,... | |
 | Bette Charlene Werner - English poetry - 1986 - 328 pages
...matches the mood of calm confidence in the elder brother's words: Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk.47 The brothers' contrasted attitudes are apparent in Blake's portrayals of them. The younger... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into mis-becoming plight. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...soul's pastime here is referred to the echoes it collects from wisdom's activities in Comus: Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (11. 375-80) The soul in Marvell's poem... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...(Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm dioughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could...feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the various husde of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...sister's safety than their own plight, and the elder brother reassures him with great confidence : Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own...her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. (373-80) The younger brother concedes the security of II Penseroso... | |
 | Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth) - Fiction - 1997 - 306 pages
...bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) And put them into mis-becoming plight. Virtue could...though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes... | |
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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... 
