 Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.  Comus: A Mask - Stran 29avtor: John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 strani
...virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of fight and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
 | 1811 - 620 strani
...virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could sec to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 380 strani
..., " Milton catched at this image, and has run it into a sort of paraphrase, in those fine lines, -" Virtue could see to do what virtue would " By her own radiant light, tho' Sun and Mooq ** Were in the flat sea sunk— COMUS, In Spenser's fine" we have the idea of Virtue dropt ,down... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 634 strani
...bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts,...to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Having now explained that the ague and fever is the subject of this mask pr drama,... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 622 strani
...bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts,...to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon .) Having now explained that the ague and fever is the subject of this mask or... | |
 | Robert Deverell - 1813 - 354 strani
...bosoms. ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 37Q Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts,...to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon (374-.) Having now explained that the ague and fever is the subject of this mask... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 strani
...(Not being in danger, as I trust sh. is not) 37p Could stir the constant mood of her calm thought*, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could...to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 480 strani
...quarto has been followed. MALONE. Milton, in his Comus, might here have been indebted to Shakspeare: " Virtue could see to do what virtue would, " By her own radiant light, though sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk." STEEVENS. * Come, civil night,'] Civil is grave,... | |
 | Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 strani
...virtue's book, And the sweet peace, that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant tnood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 strani
...To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new. § 4. Virtue, II :>Jom, and ContenpJatif*. , • MlLTOV. VIRTUE could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though son and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's rlf Oft Seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
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