Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within... Comus: A Mask - Page 32by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...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 Oft seeks...bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit o' th' centre, and enjoy bright day... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 348 pages
...misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would -v 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 beet nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 Oft seeks...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the... | |
| John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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 Oft seeks...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the... | |
| 1810 - 430 pages
...Verses, from the Comus of Milton : Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of the same Shrubbery, (which appears to grow on rocky... | |
| 1810 - 202 pages
...Verses, from the Cum us of Milton : Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of the same Shrubbery, (which appears to grow on rocky... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; 376 Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, ibe plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bnstle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Fie that has light within his own clear... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...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 Oft...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes inipair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' tli'... | |
| English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...misbecoming plight. Virtue could sec 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...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes impairM. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th* centre... | |
| Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 408 pages
...dexterity in " contending with a great original." You remember these lines of Milton in his Comus, ยป Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. On which Dr. Warburton has the following; O note. " Mr. Pope has imitated this thought and... | |
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