 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 to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his owne  Comus, a Maske - Page 3by John Milton - 1902 - 29 pagesFull view - About this book
 | British essayists - 1823 - 734 pages
...the ease and indolent enjoyments connected wit rural retirement. —And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse,...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions and sentiments... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 648 pages
...Virtue 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... | |
 | 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...wings. 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' th... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...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 wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes iinpair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i'... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...unreal wants. Ibid. In palaces, lay straining her low thoughts RETIREMENT. Wisdom's self Oft seeks so sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse,...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milton's Comiti. Tun'd with the gentle murmur of the streams;... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...to solitary sweet retire. 376. For the same uncommon use of seek, Mr. Bowle cites Bale's VWherewith her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. " Hath not he moche nede of " helpe... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 694 pages
...prepare himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he has himself feelingly... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 692 pages
...prepare himself for still further exertions, when his mind was enabled " To plume her feathers, and let grow her wings. That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled and sometimes impair'd." This short but tranquil portion of his life he has himself feelingly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pages
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd," that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1825 - 366 pages
...often shut myself up." v< The occasion ?" asked Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a sweet retired solitude, * Where, with her best nurse,...' That in the various bustle of resort ' Were all too ruffled, and sometime impair'd." "But seriously, it was to recover the bent of my mind—I may... | |
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