 Heav'n is Saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, 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...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Pagina 97door John Milton - 1852Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1835 - 426 pagina’s
...him to his teeth, that he knows nothing of the ' high mystery' of old maidism. ' So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity. That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Driving far off each thing of guilt and sin : And in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 220 pagina’s
...at nought The frivolous bolt of Cupid ; gods and men Fear'd her stern frown, and she was queen o'the woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield, That...wise Minerva wore, unconquer'd virgin, Wherewith she freezed her foes to conjeal'd stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace, that dash'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pagina’s
...nought The frivolous bolt of Cupid ; Gods and men 445 Fear'd her stern frown, and she was queen o'th' woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield, That...blank awe ? So dear to heav'n is saintly chastity, Queeiie, and huntiesse, chaste and fairc. T. War ton. Milton, I fancy, took the hint of this beautiful... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pagina’s
...men Fear'd heV stern frown, and she was Queun o' th' Whatw as that snaky-headed Gorgon shield [Woods. e undergo, Ah, let not learning too commence its foe...rewards, who could excel, And such were prais'd who but And noble grace that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration, and blank awe ? So dear to Heav'n... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pagina’s
...who when the distant poor Need help, denies them nothing but his name. Cowper's Task, b. 4. CHASTITY. So dear to Heav'n is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liv'ry'd angels lacquey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt. Milton's Comus. In thy fair... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pagina’s
...naught The frivolous bolt of Cupid ; gods and men Fear'd her stern frown, and she was queen o' the woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield That...wise Minerva wore, unconquer'd virgin, Wherewith she freezed her foes to congeal'd stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace, that dash'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pagina’s
...at nought The frivolous bolt of Cupid; gods and men Fear'd her stern frown, and she was queen o'th' woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield, That...congeal'd stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration, and blank awe ? So dear to Heav'n... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pagina’s
...virgin, Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd stow, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, 45^ And noble grace, that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe ? So dear to Heaven is saintly Chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 1042 pagina’s
...Antiquity from the old schools of Greece, To testify the arms of Chastity ? « * » «.' So dear to HeaverI is saintly Chastity, '• That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacquey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 524 pagina’s
...Antiquity from the old schools of Greece, To testify the arms of Chastity ? » « * * So dear to Heaven is saintly Chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacquey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell... | |
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