 Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Seite 5221807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808
...in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude : Where, with her beet nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit o' th' centre,... | |
 | 1810
...Verses, from the Comus of Milton : Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of the same Shrubbery, (which appears... | |
 | 1810
...from the Cum us of Milton : Musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert Cell; And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...That in the various Bustle of Resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Proceeding through a continuation of the same Shrubbery, (which appears... | |
 | John Milton - 1810
...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...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810
...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...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810
...Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; 376 Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, ibe plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bnstle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. Fie that has light within his own clear... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811
...dexterity in " contending with a great original." You remember these lines of Milton in his Comus, » Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. On which Dr. Warburton has the following; O note. " Mr. Pope has imitated... | |
 | British drama - 1811
...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,...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes inipair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' tli'... | |
 | 1811
...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,...wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all so ruffled, and sometimes impairM. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th* centre... | |
 | Richard Hurd - 1811
...with a great original." v ; • . r You remember these lines of Milton in his Comus, , . . rvt • Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude,...nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and Jets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort • • '- T. , " **•.•' • i , Were... | |
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