The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... thee I moft compiain ! Blind among enemies , O worfe than chains , Dungeon , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light the prime work of God to me ' is extinct , And all her various objects of delight 55 63 65 Annull'd , which might in part ...
... thee I moft compiain ! Blind among enemies , O worfe than chains , Dungeon , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light the prime work of God to me ' is extinct , And all her various objects of delight 55 63 65 Annull'd , which might in part ...
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... lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n . For him I reckon not in high estate 170 Whom long descent of birth Or the fphere of fortune raises ; But But thee whofe ftrength , while virtue was her mate 12 MILTON'S POEMS .
... lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n . For him I reckon not in high estate 170 Whom long descent of birth Or the fphere of fortune raises ; But But thee whofe ftrength , while virtue was her mate 12 MILTON'S POEMS .
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... thee , or if better , Counfel or confolation we may bring , Salve to thy fores ; apt words have pow'r to fwage The tumors of a troubled mind , 185 And are as balm to fefter'd wounds . SAMS . Your coming , Friends , revives me , for I ...
... thee , or if better , Counfel or confolation we may bring , Salve to thy fores ; apt words have pow'r to fwage The tumors of a troubled mind , 185 And are as balm to fefter'd wounds . SAMS . Your coming , Friends , revives me , for I ...
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... thee witnefs : Yet Ifraël ftill ferves with all his fons . 240 SAMS . That fault I take not on me , but transfer On Ifrael's governors , and heads of tribes , Who feeing those great acts , which God had done Singly by me against their ...
... thee witnefs : Yet Ifraël ftill ferves with all his fons . 240 SAMS . That fault I take not on me , but transfer On Ifrael's governors , and heads of tribes , Who feeing those great acts , which God had done Singly by me against their ...
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... thee Their captive , and their triumph ; thou the fooner Temptation found'ft , or over - potent charms To violate the facred truft of filence Deposited within thee ; which to have kept 425 Tacit , was in thy power : true ; and thou bear ...
... thee Their captive , and their triumph ; thou the fooner Temptation found'ft , or over - potent charms To violate the facred truft of filence Deposited within thee ; which to have kept 425 Tacit , was in thy power : true ; and thou bear ...
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Página 97 - And frefh-blown rofes wafh'd in dew, Fill'd her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Hafte thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek;
Página 153 - corrupted clergy, then in their highth. YET once more, O ye Laurels, and once more Ye Myrtles brown, with Ivy never fere, I come to pluck your berries harfh and crude, And with forc'd fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 5 Bitter conftraint, and fad occafion dear, Compels me to difturb your feafon
Página 155 - hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th
Página 154 - lov'd to hear our fong. But O the heavy change, now thou art gone, Now thou art gone, and never muft return ! Thee, Shepherd, thee the woods, and defert caves With wild thyme and the gadding vine o'ergrown, 40 And all their echoes mourn. The willows, and the hazel copfes green, Shall now no more be feen,
Página 101 - With ftore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In faffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With
Página 100 - Or if the earlier feafon lead To the tann'd haycock in the mead. 90 Sometimes with fecure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocond rebecs found To many a youth, and many a maid, 95 Dancing in the chequer'd fhade; And young and old come forth to play On a
Página 154 - 25 Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove afield, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her fultry horn, Battening our flocks with the frefh dews of night Oft till the ftar that rofe, at evening, bright, 30 Tow'ard Heav'n's defcent had flop'd his
Página 177 - or moon, or ftar, throughout the year, 5 Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not .Againft Heav'n's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but ftill bear up and fteer Right onward. What fupports me, doft thou afk ? The
Página 101 - Lap me in foft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verfe, Such as the meeting foul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked fweetnefs long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwifting all the chains that ty The hidden foul of harmony ; That Orpheus
Página 104 - In her fweeteft, faddeft plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night, While Cynthia checks her dragon .yoke, Gently o'er th' accuftom'd oak; 60 Sweet bird that fhunn'ft the noife of folly, Moft mufical, moft melancholy ! Thee, chauntrefs, oft, the woods among, I woo to hear thy