 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...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 impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day; But he that... | |
 | Henry Reed - English literature - 1855 - 424 pages
...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 impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day." When the... | |
 | John Dennis - 1855 - 256 pages
...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 impaired." The chapel is very ancient, but the date of its construction is unknown. In 1290, Sir Walter de Fancourt... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 514 pages
...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 impaired. Again : suppose the fecundity of the earth to continue as at present, but the fecundity of man to be... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...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 to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre,... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 226 pages
...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 to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to his father's home for six... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 238 pages
...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 to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...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 impaired. (373-80) The younger brother concedes the security of II Penseroso — 'Tis most true That musing meditation... | |
 | T. R. Malthus - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 170 pages
...sweet retired Solitude. / Where with her best must Contemplation / She plumes her feathers. and lets grow her wings. / That in the various bustle of resort. / Were all too ruffl'd. and sometimes impair'd' iJobn Milton. Comus. lines 375-80l. 13 Jan. 1786 The skating has been... | |
 | Robert L. Mack - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 768 pages
...later call 'my Dissipation de quinze jours', Gray continued in this unusually confessional manner: It is a foolish Thing, that one can't only not live as one pleases, but where & with whom one pleases, without Money. Swift somewhere says, that Money is Liberty; & I fear money... | |
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And 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 impaired. He that has light within... 
