 So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt...  Comus: A Mask - Page 38by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Townson - 1830 - 462 pages
...conceive ; but which, perhaps, never was better expressed, than in the words of our great poet : — Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to...the outward shape, . The unpolluted temple of the mind.* He was graceful in person, of middle stature, and rather thin, till he made the second tour... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - Fashion - 1832 - 500 pages
...With untainted woman, too, the notion delightfully unites. " So dear to Heaven is saintly Chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand...gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heavenly 'hahitants Begin to cast a heam on th' outward shape, The uupolluted temple of the mind, And turns... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1832 - 362 pages
...saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely pure, A thousand liveried angels lacquey her ; Tell her of things, that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begins to cast a beam on ih* outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe? So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, •»» Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream, and solemn vision,... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Pirates - 1833 - 420 pages
...impregnating the air at once with harmony and fragrance ! ' So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand...on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.' I was so absorbed... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - Crime - 1833 - 246 pages
...impregnating the air at once with harmony and fragrance! . ' So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving fur off each thing of sin and guilt; And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet - Great Britain - 1833 - 492 pages
...enlightening from above, and more capable of receiving it*;. * ' So dear to heaven is saintly Chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt ; And in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | Gilbert Burnet (bp. of Salisbury.) - Great Britain - 1833 - 458 pages
...ever grow to be, if corrupted with vice and defilement, f • * So dear to heaven is saintly Chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt : And in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...saintly Chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely BO, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, 455 Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt ; And,...that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, 460 The uupolluted temple of the mind,... | |
 | Orators - 1834 - 602 pages
...a toul n found amcerely n, A thouMJid liveried angela lackey her, Driving tar off each thing ufain and guilt. And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no grou ear can hear, Till o' convene with heavenly hahitants Btfins to call a beam on the outward abape,... | |
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