...the bflman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour, 85 Be seen in some high lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold \Vhat worlds or what vast regions hold...

...charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour, 85 Be seen in some Tiigh lonely tow'r, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere in a sitting posture with embers of a fire at his feet, formed out of the resemblance of a " smoking...

...Save the erieket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy eharm, To bless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high, lonely tower, Exploring I'lato, to unfold AVhat worlds, or what vast regions hold Th* immortal mind, that...

...Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm : Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high...oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or nnsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions hold The immortal mind that...

...Palladian oyl, to the /tarty view of an unleasur'd Licenser.] He has in il Penseroso a parallel image : " Or let my Lamp at midnight hour, " Be seen in some...lonely Tow'r, " Where I may oft out-watch the Bear." v. 85. — "expence of Palladian oyl" — is an expression drawn from the Classics : " Non deflebimus,...

...Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato,...

...Save the cricket on the hearth , Or the bellman's elrowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm : Or let my lamp , at midnight hour ^ Be seen, in some high lonely tow'r Where I may oft out wath the bear With thrice great hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to nnfold What worlds,...

...Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm : Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato,...

...Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm. To bless the doors from nightly harm Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Exploring Plato, to imlold DEICRIPTIYf fOETRY. 341 Wh»t worldi, or what vut regioM hold. •Hi...

...&c. Anciently the watchman, who cried the hours, used these or the like benedictions. T. Warton. 85. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely toter.] The extraneous circumstance be seen gives poetry to the passage ; and thus a picture is created...