 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...would By her ova radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her...resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' center, and enjoy bright day i But... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were allto ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light, tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's...her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort 50 " Were all to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. " He, that has light within his own clear breast,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light,...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'... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 260 pages
...and character of those verses which are employed in describing it ? And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions and sentiments... | |
 | John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...darkest corner of the earth, and enjoy the clear and calm sunshine of conscious integrity. " Virtue could see to do what virtue would " By her own radiant light,...though sun and moon « Were in the flat sea sunk."— MILTON. Virtue, by which I mean that habit of active goodness which flows from the pure principle of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1803 - 572 pages
...becomirg plight. Vir:ue cou'd se to *!o what vir:ue would By her own radiant light, though sun and rroon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks...nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and l-ts jjrow her wings, That in 'he various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd... | |
 | English essays - 1804 - 450 pages
...Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light,...ruffled, and sometimes impair'd: He that has light within bis own clear breast May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and... | |
 | Henry Kett - Books and reading - 1805 - 432 pages
...dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest." Milton thus personifies Wisdorn, " Wisdom's self Oft seels to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse...bustle of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired," Par. Lost. And Warton describes the advance of Evening: " While Evening veil'd in shadows... | |
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Virtue could see 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 ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow... 
