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
| John Milton - 1843 - 444 Seiten
...the various bustle of resort, Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 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. • * • " How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose; But musical... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - 830 Seiten
...the various bustle of resort Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within N, ia his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, Of dragon-watch, with unenchanted eye, 391 To save... | |
| Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 Seiten
...also a familiar Miltonic device. He that has light with in his own clear breast May sit i'th' center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul...under the midday Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (Comus, 381-85) Only a reference to blindness is needed to complete the Miltonic formula. Augustine... | |
| Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 Seiten
...ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul,...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (98-9, 11. 365-84) It is impossible not to see the Platonic image of the feathered soul embedded in... | |
| John Milton - 1926 - 360 Seiten
...to ruffl'd, andsomtimes impair' d. He that las light within bis own deer bresl May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul...thoughts Benighted walks under the midday Sun; Himself is bis own dungeon. 2. Bro. Tis mosl true That musing meditation mosl off eels The pensive secrecy of... | |
| Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 Seiten
...of Burlesques, p. 203 (1924). 563 He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul,...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. JOHN MILTON, "A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634," lines 380-84, The Works of John Milton, vol.... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...VICTOR HUGO, (1802-1885) French poet, dramatist, novelist. Les Misérables, pt. 2, bk. 8, ch. 8(1862). 6 But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. JOHN MILTON, (1608-1674) British poet. Second brother, in "Comus," I. 383-5 (1637). Every thing secret... | |
| Kristin Pruitt McColgan, Charles W. Durham - 1997 - 304 Seiten
...illumination and spiritual enlightenment all the stronger in his claim that "He that has light within his own clear breast / May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day" (380-81). This exordium is also our first indication of the harmony that exists between the two disputants.... | |
| Paul Martin, Martin - 1999 - 378 Seiten
...sympathetic nervous system and slow the heart down. Coronary-prone personalities and heart disease But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. John Milton, Comus (1637) The belief that individuals with certain personality characteristics are... | |
| Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 Seiten
...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ... 7480 Comus ty and 7481 Comus "Tis chastity, my brother, chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel. 7482... | |
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