He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Gems - Seite 1651897 - 167 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| George Washington Bethune - 1839 - 228 Seiten
...light, but he will be still confident, staying himself upon his God. , " He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day." He has peace in his heart. It is impossible, when the affections are set entirely upon things of earth... | |
| 1840 - 372 Seiten
...the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far... | |
| George Crabbe - 1840 - 328 Seiten
...rusbergo del esser puro." — DANTE. " He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i* th' centre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." — MILTON. TALE XV. ADVICE ; on, THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PRIEST. His hours fill'd up with riots, banquets, sports... | |
| Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 Seiten
...enlighten me. I exemplify, therefore, what is so sublimely said by Milton, ' He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy...under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon.' " Eccentric, and perhaps inconsistent, as this conduct was, it was impossible not to respect Lord Rochfort... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 Seiten
...the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within h 385 Sec. Br. Tie most true, That musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell,... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 Seiten
...glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, , May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a...foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." $ 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered as a source of happiness. But, while this source... | |
| Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 Seiten
...the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foal thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." 4 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered... | |
| William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park - 1842 - 430 Seiten
...mansion—miserable on an archangel's throne. " He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun, Himself is his own dungeon." The heaven of the Christian,—so speaks the tongue of inspiration, so speak the demands of our own... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 Seiten
...and honesty are but the same thing in the different degrees of 'persons.' He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy...under the mid-day sun: Himself is his own dungeon! 2 C'etoit, par excellence, ce qu'on appclle un galant homtne,—noble, sensible, genereux, plein de... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 Seiten
...the various bustle of resort, Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. "Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far... | |
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