 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 σελίδες
...solitude and silence the forms which imagination bodies forth? What wisdom is so noble as that " Which seeks to sweet retired Solitude ; Where, with her...bustle of resort, Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd." The most touching passages to be found in books, are those in which are depicted the joys,... | |
 | 1898 - 496 σελίδες
...To wholesome Solitude, the nurse of sense: Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings. Comus 375- And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet, retired Solitude; Where with her liest nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings That in the various bustle... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 σελίδες
...would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and somtimes impairM. 380 He that has light within his own cleer... | |
 | 1909 - 502 σελίδες
...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,...wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the... | |
 | 1871 - 614 σελίδες
...lines from Milton's Cornus, ail-to is evidently used as an adverb : — •• Where with her beat nurse. Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Wore ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired." On this passage Warton has the following note : — "... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 σελίδες
...active life. He frequently contrasts quiet contemplation with the bustle of activity : And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with...her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to his father's home for... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 σελίδες
...what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with...her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center,... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 σελίδες
...soul's pastime here is referred to the echoes it collects from wisdom's activities in Comus: Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (11. 375-80) The soul in Marvell's poem... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 σελίδες
...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,...feathers, and lets grow her wings, That, in the various husde of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. 380 He that has light within his own... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 σελίδες
...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,...her wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. (373-80) The younger brother concedes the security of II Penseroso... | |
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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... 
