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... pass his old age , I , with every advantage of leisure , spent a com- plete holiday in turning over the Greek and Latin writers ; not but that sometimes I exchanged the country for the town , either for the purpose of buying books , or ...
... pass his old age , I , with every advantage of leisure , spent a com- plete holiday in turning over the Greek and Latin writers ; not but that sometimes I exchanged the country for the town , either for the purpose of buying books , or ...
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... vanity Will sicken soon and die , And leprous sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away , And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day . 140 XV . Yea , Truth and Justice then Will down HYMN ON THE NATIVITY .
... vanity Will sicken soon and die , And leprous sin will melt from earthly mould ; And Hell itself will pass away , And leave her dolorous mansions to the peering day . 140 XV . Yea , Truth and Justice then Will down HYMN ON THE NATIVITY .
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... pass through this adventrous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from Heav'n to give him safe convoy ; As now I do : but first I must put off These my sky - robes spun out of Iris ' woof , And take the weeds and ...
... pass through this adventrous glade , Swift as the sparkle of a glancing star I shoot from Heav'n to give him safe convoy ; As now I do : but first I must put off These my sky - robes spun out of Iris ' woof , And take the weeds and ...
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... pass Uninjur'd in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , - Lest some ill greeting touch attempt the person Of our unowned sister . I do not , brother , Eld ...
... pass Uninjur'd in this wild surrounding waste . Of night , or loneliness , it recks me not ; I fear the dread events that dog them both , - Lest some ill greeting touch attempt the person Of our unowned sister . I do not , brother , Eld ...
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... pass unweeting by the way . This evening late , by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot - grass dew - besprent , and were in fold , I sate me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied , and ...
... pass unweeting by the way . This evening late , by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot - grass dew - besprent , and were in fold , I sate me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied , and ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according Aeschylus ancient angels appear arms beauty Book bright called classic Comp Comus dark death deep denotes divine Earth English evil expression eyes Faery Queene fair fall father fear fire force give glory gods golden grace Greek hand happy hath head Heav'n Hell hill Homer hope Hymn Italy King lady land Latin less light lines live look Lost meaning Milton mind Nativity nature never night occurs once original Paradise pass passage perhaps phrase poem poet present probably reign rest Roman round Satan says seems sense Shakspeare side song soon speaks Spenser spirits star stood sweet term thee things thou thought throne Virgil winds wings
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Página 159 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 40 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows, and the hazel copses green, Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays.
Página 84 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Página 42 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 84 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Página 45 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Página 40 - Ay me! I fondly dream Had ye been there, . . . for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore?
Página 10 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Página 44 - Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Página 46 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...