 | Bruce McLeod - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 304 pages
...and procreative resources of paradise, to be the one to "take" this prize: "A wilderness of sweets; for Nature here / Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will / Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet" (v.294-6). If Satan's scramble for such sweets represents "the sweep and... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...field, through Groves of Myrrh, And flow'ring Odors, Cassia, Nard, and Balm; A Wilderness of sweets; for Nature here Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will 295 Her Virgin Fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above Rule or Art, enormous bliss. Him through... | |
 | Outdoor recreation - 1888 - 614 pages
...numberless streams and waterfalls and gem-like lakes. Here lies indeed " ,\ wilderness of sweets ; for nature here Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule of art, enormous bliss." What lover of sport that has ever... | |
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A wilderness of sweets; for Nature here • • Wanton'd as in her prime, and play'd at will Her virgin fancies, pouring forth more sweet, Wild above rule or art, enormous bliss. 
