Wisdom's self 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 too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within... Observations on Pope - Página 265de Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 348 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Milton - 1823 - 220 páginas
...flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 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 ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 340 páginas
...rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort. Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 'In a poem expressive of tender... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 734 páginas
...retirement. — And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes 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... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 páginas
...first he had written the verse thus, Oft seeks to solitary sweet retire. 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 ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso Examynacyon of A. Askew, p. 24. "... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 páginas
...wants. Ibid. RETIREMENT. Wisdom's self Oft seeks so 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 too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Milton's Comus, Dear solitary groves,... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 páginas
...flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 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 ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 páginas
...flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self 375 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 too ruflled, and sometimes impair^. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
| 1825 - 628 páginas
...retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, Contemplation, 3 Helyot) HUt. des Ordres Monastiques, ti She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. But this kind of seclusion is not to... | |
| 1825 - 848 páginas
...* ' Why, wisdom's self, you know, ' Oft seeks a 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 too ruffled, and sometimes impair' d.' " ' But seriously, it was to recover... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 páginas
...the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, here the olive grove of Aeademe, Plato's retirement, where the Attie bird Trills her bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear... | |
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