I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort... The Poetical Works of John Milton ... - Page 110by John Milton - 1824 - 131 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1822 - 284 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed piace will 'fit, Where glowing embers through die room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom ; Far from...lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold... | |
| William Jillard Hort - 1822 - 234 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide water'd shore, Swinging slow, with sullen roar. Or if the air will not permit, Some still, removed...of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth ; Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. NIGHT. Young, NIGHT, sable goddess !... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...ground I hear the far-off cuiiew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air will not permit, Some still, removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off curfen sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or if the air will not permit, Some still, removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...that is, cover-fire. See the Glossary to Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed...all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, 75 80 Chaucer. 'And the two following lines, with the frequent alliteration of the letter s, inimitably... | |
| 1826 - 310 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-water'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar: Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour, Be seen... | |
| William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...gro-jnd I hear the far--off curfew sound, Over some wide-wnter'd shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar. Or if the air will not permit, Some still, removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth. Or the bellmau's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound, Over some wide-watered shore, Swinging slow with sullen roar : Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear. With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold, What worlds or what vast regions hold... | |
| Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pages
...and Penseroso, what is remarked ; and as an illustration of this remark, what passage is given t 26 Or, if the air will not permit, Some still removed...resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be... | |
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