 Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.  Comus: A Mask - Page 29by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...boosonis ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant 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... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...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,... | |
 | 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 own radiant light, though Sun and Moon / Were in the flat Sea sunk" (373-375). He sustains the conditions of external... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...vertues book, And the sweet peace that goodnes boosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...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... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 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 radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
 | 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...to do what Virtue 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,... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...enchanting ravishment? 7478 Comus Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now. 7479 Comus Johnson) Now that the old llon is dead, every ass thinks he may ki though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ... 7480 Comus But he that hides a dark soul, and foul... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts,...to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon 334. disinherit Chaos: disposses Chaos. Cf. PL 349. innumerous: innumerable. Cf.... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put mem into misbecoming plight.0 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 self0 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,0... | |
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