 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
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...Virtne would Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude : Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, That in the various bustle of resort She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings. Were all too... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 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 - 1824 - 510 pages
...would By her own radiant ПцЫ, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruflled, and sometimes impair^. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th1 centre,... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...palaces, lay straining her low thoughts To form unreal wants. Ibid. RETIREMENT. Wisdom's self Oft seeks so sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse,...bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milton's Comus, Dear solitary groves, where peace does dwell ! Sweet harbours of pure love... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 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...wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre,... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1871 - 614 pages
...lines from Milton's Cornus, ail-to is evidently used as an adverb : — •• Where with her beat nurse. Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Wore ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired." On this passage Warton has the following note : — "... | |
 | 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...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 six... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...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...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center,... | |
 | 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
...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...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... | |
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