...darkness., and with dangers compass'd round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thon Visit's! my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...while thou Visit'st my slumber nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song, 30 Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...darkness, and with dangers compass'd round And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east. Still govern...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears Sb To rapture, till the savage elamor drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor .could the Muse defend Her...

...darkness, and with dangers compass'd round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern...thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.1 Thus I have told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss Which I...

...darkness, and with dangers compass'd round, And solitude ; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern...thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.1 Thus I have told thee all my state, and brought My story to the sum of earthly bliss Which I...

...these mournful utterances consult the history of the life and times of Milton. Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that vile rout that tore the Thracian bard \ In Rhodope, where woods and rocks...

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east. Still govern...far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Ehodope, where woods and rocks...

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit's! my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the East: still govern...my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. And in the end he makes a tragic hero of the blind Samson. Milton wrote sonnets intermittently throughout...

...darkness, and with dangers compast round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn Purples the East: still govern...my Song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few. [7.23-31] Looking back now we can see that warnings of this tragic paradox have been given from time...