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" Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow... "
Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ... - Page 170
by John Milton - 1810
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 7

Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts. And put...sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's sell' Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; -Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes...
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The British Essayists: Tatler

James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 348 pages
...ever, (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) As that the single want of light and noise Con lei stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put...misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Oft seeks...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...ever. As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not,} Could and world on world ; ; 376 Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, Hie plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings,...
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Sacred Literature: Comprising a Review of the Principles of Composition Laid ...

John Jebb - Bible - 1820 - 502 pages
...profane, does not afford a better illustration of this passage, than the strains of our great poet : Virtue could see to do what virtue would, By her own...light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he...
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Select Plays of William Shakespeare: In Six Volumes. With the ..., Volume 5

William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens - 1820 - 472 pages
...quarto has been followed. Malone. Milton, in his Camus, might here have been indebted to Shakspeare : " Virtue could see to do what virtue would, " By her...though sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk." Steeven's. s Come, civil night,] Civil is grave, decently solemn, Johnson, See As you Like it. Vol....
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Poems Divine and Moral: Many of Them Now First Published

John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not,) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts. And put...her wings. That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i'...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections ..., Volume 6

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 538 pages
...has been followed. MALONE. Milton, in his Comus, might here have been indebted to Shakspeare : , " Virtue could see to do what virtue would, " By her...though sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk." STEEVENS. 9Come, CIVIL night,] Ci vil is grave, decently solemn. JOHNSON. So, in our poet's Lover's...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put...her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in...
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The Tatler, Volume 2

1822 - 496 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put...Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude : y Milton's ' Comus' was originally set by Henry Lawes, and first published by him in 1637, with a...
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The Mirror: A Periodical Paper Published in Edinburgh in the Years ..., Volume 2

1822 - 356 pages
...for the ease and indolent enjoyments connected with rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes iropair'd. As these dispositions and...
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