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" He met her, and in secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain Flowing with majestic train, And sable stole of cypress... "
Allegro und Penseroso - Page 20
by John Milton - 1782 - 31 pages
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 31-32

John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Thee bright-hair'd Vesta long of yore , To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she (in Saturn's reign, *5 Such mixture was not held a stain) , Oft in glimmering...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. 30 Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain,...
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Comus: A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of ...

John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...Thee bright-hair'd Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she, (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain,) Oft in glimmering...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...56 His daughter she (in Saturn's reignSuch mixture was not held a stain} Oft in glimmering. bow'rs and glades, He met her, and in secret shades Of woody...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove." " But hail, them holy goddess, Melancholy, whose splendour would dazzle the weak eyes of mortals, were...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...The bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain). Oft in glimmering...inmost grove , W'hile yet there was no fear of Jove. Come , pensive nun , devout and pure , Sober , stedfast and demure , All in a robe of darkest grain...
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The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 1

American literature - 1804 - 496 pages
...Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To lolitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain) Oft in glimmering...shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove, While yet there was ne fear of Jove.... Often as this passage has been recited by me, it never occurred to me, till very...
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...bore; His daughter she (in SATURN'S reign Such mixture was not held a stain). Oft in glimmering bow'rs and glades He met her, and in secret shades Of woody...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of JOVE. Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing...
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The Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...bore; His daughter she (in SATURN'S reign Such mixture was not held a stain). Oft in glimmering bow'rs and glades He met her, and in secret shades Of woody...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of JOVE. Come, pensive Nun, devout and pure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing with majestic train, And...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...daughter she (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain). Oft in glimmering how'rs and glade* He met her, and in secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive nun, devote and pare. Soher, •i••, li.' i . and demure, All in a rohe of darkest...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Thee bright-hair'd Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore ; His daughter she (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain) Oft, in glimmering...inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...bore) His daughter she (in Saturn's reign Such mixture was not held a stain). On in glimmering bow'rs and glades He met her, and in secret shades Of woody...inmost grove. While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive nun, devote and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain. Flowing...
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