 Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...  The New Monthly Magazine - Page 2381822Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...guide;. xxur. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Aleestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, llescued from death by force, though pale and taint Mine, as whom oasli'd from spot of childbed taint... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. § 14. Sonnel: on his deceased Wife. MILTON. MBTHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jdve's great son to her glad husband gave, [faint. Rescued from death by force, though pale and Mine,... | |
 | 1838 - 884 pages
...not glide in with the stillness of night, and, enacting life, draw Milton's curtain t " Me thought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis,...the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gare, Rescu'd from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom, wash'd from spot of childbed... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide. XXIII. ON IltS DECEASED WIFE.* METHOUOHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis,...her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, tho' pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the' old Law... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...is not unwise." In the last, On his deceased Wife, the allusion to Alcestis is beautiful, and shews how the poet's mind raised and refined his thoughts...saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Whom Jove's great sou to her glad husband ga''e,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...shews how the poet's mind raised and refined his thoughts by exquisite classical conceptions, and bow these again were enriched by a passionate reference...me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great sou to her glad husband gave. Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1823 - 402 pages
...through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide. ©n !j(» DeceaseD JSttfe. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom J ove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1823 - 406 pages
....world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide. ____ MILTON. <f>n fjis DcrcascD (Elite. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom J ove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...through the world's vain mask Content though blind, had I no better guide. XXIII. On his deceased WIFE.* Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to...Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. * This was his second wife Catharine the daughter of Captai n Woodcock of Hackney, who lived with him... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...through the world's vain mask Content, though U ¡ml, had I no better guide. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE.* METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to...Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Vine, as whom wash'dfrom spot of child-bed taint, Purification in th' old Law did save, б And such,... | |
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