..."[fjrom his watch-tow'r in the skies," the Penseroso wishes to take this aerial vantage for himself: "Or let my lamp at midnight hour, / Be seen in some high lonely Tow'r" (85—6). In essence, "II Penseroso" stakes out a tertium quid between two poetic genres of evening,...

...Holy Grail - The Shirt of Nessus Epilogue 351 References 352 Selected Bibliography 362 Index 368 ... Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato...

...the song of the nightingale and ending with sacred anthems and tragic drama. He studies at midnight in some high lonely tow'r Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The Spirit of Plato to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions hold...

...refers to the title character of John Milton's // Penseroso (1632). This passage refers to lines 85-92: Or let my Lamp at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely T'wer, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato...