 Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 2801792Full view - About this book
 | Lionel Adey - Music - 1986 - 294 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam: purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance.49 By making... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. John Milton (1608-1674) English poet No man has a right to fix the boundary of the march of a nation;... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...strong man after sleep and shaking her invincible locks (the laws): methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam' " [Early Lectures, t, 222-23]). Moreover, these glosses then lead to one of the great summaries of... | |
 | New England Historic Genealogical Society Staff - New England - 1995 - 542 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam." In all directions we find a marked progress, in both countries, toward the embodiment of the grand... | |
 | Paul M. Dowling - Literary Collections - 1995 - 160 pages
...England's future, his second seems pessimistic about her past. "Methinks I see her as an Eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the... | |
 | Annabel Patterson - History - 1997 - 344 pages
...a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks; methinks I see her as an eagle renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam . . . '" Russell, An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution (London, 1865),... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam. JOHN MILTON, (1608-1674) British poet. Areopagitica: a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing we were formerly told. 1377 'The Resignatlon' This was my country and it 7465 Areopagitica Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,... | |
 | Craig Kallendorf - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 276 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the... | |
 | N. A. M. Rodger - History - 1999 - 754 pages
...like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam."2 APPENDIX I CHRONOLOGY This is a summary of known naval operations, mainly but not only English,... | |
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