 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
 | John Smith (of Glasgow.) - 1847 - 342 pagina’s
...was queen o' the woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgou shield, That wise Minerva wore, unconquered virgin, Wherewith she freez'd her foes to 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 heaven... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pagina’s
...at naught The frivolous bolt of Cupid ; gods and men Fear'd her stern frown, & she was queen of 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... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1849 - 598 pagina’s
...brother's court might well have sat for the whole of Milton's beautiful portraiture : " 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 sin and guilt, And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pagina’s
...this respect — be teetotallers. Here, again, is another most noble passage — 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 sin and guilt ; And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pagina’s
...o' th* woods. What was that snaky -headed Gorgon ; hield That wise Minerva wore, unconquer'd lirgin, Ѐ 肀 > ၀ K 삀 삀 ' ؎ And noble grace that dash*d brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe? So dear to heaven is... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pagina’s
...at nought The frivolous bolt of Cupid ; gods and men Fear'd her stem frown, and she was queen o' th* woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield That...unconquer'd virgin, Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal d stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace that dash'd brute violence With... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pagina’s
...thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.' " And, again — " ' So dear to Heav"n is saintly Chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand livery'd angels lacquey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear dream, and solemn... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 602 pagina’s
...was queen o' th' woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield That wise Minerva wore, unconquercd virgin, Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe 7 So dear to heav'n... | |
 | Abraham Mills - 1851 - 594 pagina’s
...was queen o' th' woods. What was that snaky-headed Gorgon shield That wise Minerva wore, unconquered virgin, Wherewith she freez'd her foes to congeal'd stone, But rigid looks of chaste austerity, And noble grace that dash'd brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe 1 So dear to heav'n... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pagina’s
...thatjashed brute violence With sudden adoration and blank awe ? /£«•»- A r tfc «e<, So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, ) 455 Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And, in clear dream and solemn vision,... | |
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