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" Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus "
The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 216
by John Milton - 1852
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Allegro und Penseroso

John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...Freude, mir solche Ergötzungen geben, dann will ich mit dir mein Leben zubringen. PENSEROS O. ENGE vain deluding joys The brood of folly without father...bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys 1 Dwell in some idle brain, 5 And fancies fond with gaudy shapes posseß, As thick and numberleß As...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...Eurydice. These delights, if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. IL PENSEROSO. IL PENSEROSO. vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou goddess, sage and...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...that Milton preferred the melancholy ; and his conclusion to the poem puts it out of doubt : — " Hence, vain, deluding joys! The brood of Folly, without...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering Dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus* train.'" *' Begone, ye vain joys of Mirth...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...EURYDICE. These delights if thou canst give, MIRTH, with thee I mean to live. IL PENSEROSO. BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of MORPHEUS' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...EURYDICE. These delights if thou canst give, MIRTH, with thee I mean to live. IL PENSEROSO. BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy I Hail, divinest MELANCHOLY ! Whose saintly visage is too bright...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...thou canst give , Mirth , with th.ee I mean to live.. MIX/ION*. CHAP. XVII. // Penseroso, H, LENCE , vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without Father...gaudy shapes possess , As thick and numberless As the eay motes that people the sun-beams , Or likest hovering dreams ! The fickle pensioners of Morpheus'...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. IL PEXS F.ROSO. (MILTOJf.) HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without...shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay moles that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train....
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...delighti if thou canst give, IL PENSEROSO. BY TRE SAME. HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of foily, without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill...mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And.fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Eurydiee. fhesc delights if thou canst give, .lirth, with thee I mean to live. MILTON. VOL. mil EK c E vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likeliest hovering dreams The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...'CHAP. XVH. /-I , Hr PENSEROSO. WHENCE vain ,deluding joys, The brood of Folly, without father bred 1 How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with...dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail divinest Melancholy, 'Whose saintly visage is too bright...
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