 There I am wont to sit when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily in the common prison else cnjoin'd me.— —O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an angel ? . —Why was my breeding  The British Essayists: The Rambler - Page 176by Alexander Chalmers - 1802Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1753 - 356 pages
...found alone, h$S But rum upon me thronging, and prefent Times paft, what once I was, and what am noWP^ O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended itelwgj' tiH „ From ^Milton both here... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1759 - 420 pages
...found alone, 20 But rufh upon me thronging, and prefent Times paft, what once I was, and what am now, O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended 25 From off the altar, where an offering... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
...found alone, 20 But rufh upon me thronging, and prefent Times paft, what once I was, and what am now. O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended 2; From off the altar, where an offering... | |
 | John Milton - 1765 - 412 pages
...found alone, zo, But ru(h upon me thronging, and prefent Times pall, what once I was, and what am now. O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at lafl in fight * Samfon Agrniftes, thst is, Samfon an a£lor, Samfon reprefented in ar!:iv, Of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 334 pages
...found alone, 1» But rufh upon me thronging, and prefen Times pad, what once I was, and what am now. O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended 25 From off the altar, where an oflering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...found alone, 10 But rufh upon me thronging, and prefen Times paft, what once J was, and what am now. O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended zj From oft" the altar, where an offering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 320 pages
...fooner found alone, ao But rufti upon me thronging, and prefen Times j>aft, what once I was, andwtaX O wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an Angel, who at laft in fight Of both my parents all in flames afcended »f From off the altar, where an offering... | |
 | 1785 - 596 pages
...chance Relieves me from my taik of fervile toil, Daily in the common prifon clfe enjoin'd me. —О wherefore was my birth from Heav'n foretold Twice by an angel?— •^Why was my breeding order'd and prcfcrib'd/ As of a perfun feparatc to God, Defign'dfor great exploits; if I muft die Betray'd,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 472 pages
...when any chance Relieves me from my tafk of fervile toil, Daily in the common prifon clfe enjoin'd me.—• — O wherefore was my birth from heav'n...foretold Twice by an angel ? —Why was my breeding order'd and prefcrib'd, As of a perfon feparate to God, Defign'd for great exploits; if I muft die... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade i There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me...of servile toil, * Daily' in the common prison else injoin'd me, Whtre Ia prisoner chain'd, scarce freely draw Volume III. H The air imprison'd also, close... | |
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