 A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with...  The Lottery of Life [and Other Stories] - Page 138by Marguerite Countess of Blessington - 1842 - 393 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1835 - 426 pages
...that no gross ear can hear. Till oft converse with heavenly habitants, Beg'n to cast a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul'i essence, Till all be made immortal.' Thus it is that the voluntary old maid becomes freed from... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind,...turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1824 - 1212 pages
...that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants, Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind,...turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal. MILTON. LONDON : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, Ntw.Strcet- Square. OF LUNEBURG;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' their maea of clay : So drossy, so divisible are...As would but serve pure bodies for allay : Such s be made immortal : but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...things that no gross ear ean hear, TШ oft eonverse with heav'nly habitants Begin to east a beam on th' ] h] j essenee, Till all be made immortal : but when lust, By unehaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...solemn vision, Tell her of things that no gross ear nan hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal: but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd... | |
 | Gift books - 1841 - 320 pages
...things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav*nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th* outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind....turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal.'" " Well, if this be not love, I know not what is. Deceive not yourself, Frederick,... | |
 | Southern States - 1829 - 552 pages
...that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind,...turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal. Such, we think, is a just idea of Plato's republic, and we flatter ourselves that... | |
 | Jane Porter - 1832 - 362 pages
...that no gross ear can hear ; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begins to cast a beam on ih* outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind,...turns it by degrees to the soul's essence. Till all be made immortal I " When he used to repeat these lines to himself in her presence, and gazing upon... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd... | |
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