 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...life- which exceeds all the joy of his active service. SONNET XX LAWRENCE OF VIRTUOUS FATHER . . . Lawrence of virtuous Father virtuous Son, Now that...be won From the hard Season gaining? Time will run 5 On smoother till Favonius re-inspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The Lily and Rose,... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...speed0 And post o'er land and ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait. Sonnrt 17 Lawrence of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...and by the fire Help waste a sullen day; what may be won0 From the hard season gaining: time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire0 The fro2en earth;... | |
 | Anne-Lise François - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 336 pages
...of the morrow. Brisman cites the wonderfully subdued invitation of Milton's Sonnet 20 to "Help wast a sullen day; what may be won /From the hard season gaining," and comments: "Matthew's injunction 'Take therefore no thought for the morrow' makes the carpe diem... | |
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LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius... 
