 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...post o'er land and ocean without rest : They also serve who only stand and wait.* XX. TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son,' Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, dead mother which wero cold and stifle, insomuch that those who found them had much ado to get the... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...College, Oxford, (lied at Hedfont, near Staines, in Middlesex, in 1682. Hence, says Milton, v. 2, — ' Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet P' etc.* Milton, in his first reply to More, -written 1651, recites among the most respectable of his... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." 277 IV. TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...And post o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait. TO MR. LAWRENCES LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won Roman Catholics, that that Duke thought it necessary to restore all that he had taken from them, and... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 pages
...theneeforth bid thee rest, And drink thy fill of pure immortal streams. xIv. [Xx.] TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, AVhere shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won Prom the hard... | |
 | William Allingham - English poetry - 1860 - 316 pages
...Alone, and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits. TENNYSON. SONNET. TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose that neither sew'd nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1860 - 568 pages
...humble fireside, when, during that winter of 1665-6, some chosen friend was present as a guest to " Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining."* For Milton was much visited by his learned contemporaries, and was himself eminently a good converser.... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 pages
...o'er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only ?tand and wait. TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWHEXCE, of virtuous father, virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways arc mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by Ihc firt Help waste a sullen dav, what may be won Frrjn... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1861 - 534 pages
...land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." xx. ?O ME. LAWRENCE. LAWBENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields...clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sow'd nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste, with wine, whence... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1861 - 734 pages
...rest; They also serve who only stand and wait." XX. TO MR LA WHENCE. % LAWRENCE, of virtuous father 1 virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways...gaining \ Time will run On smoother, till Favonius 2 re-inspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lilly and rose, that neither soVd nor... | |
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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... 
