 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize, Thou sing'st with BO much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong, so equal, and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - English poetry - 1882 - 524 pages
...deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize,...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft : The bird named from that paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where couldst thou words... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1882 - 1192 pages
...As them preserves, and thee, inviolKte. At once delight and horror oil UK seize. Thou • HI • ' with so much gravity and ease, And above human flight...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft ; The bird namM from that Paradise you sing So never flag*. lmt always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
 | Phil Robinson - Birds in literature - 1883 - 540 pages
...ordinary, man well drest, The Milky Way, the bird of parauUe.— Herbert: Prayer. ( 1 1) Thou sing'st wiih so much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft, The bird named from that paradise you sing, So never flags, but always keeps on wing. - — Marvell ': On Miltan.... | |
 | W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885 - 434 pages
...deterring the profane; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize,...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft: The bird named from that paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thon words... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Great Britain - 1885 - 434 pages
...As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on as seize, Thou sing'st with BO much gravity and ease, And above human flight dost...plume so strong, so equal, and so soft : The bird named from that paradise yon sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thon words... | |
 | Isaac Bassett Choate - English literature - 1891 - 356 pages
...deterring the profane ; And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves and thee inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize,...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft, The bird named from that paradise you sing, So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 650 pages
...them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize; COMMENDATORY VERSES. 39 Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease, And above...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft. The bird named from the Paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
 | John Milton - English Literature - 1892 - 654 pages
...improper dost omit; So that no room is here for writers left, But to detect their ignorance or theft. Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease, And above...With plume so strong, so equal, and so soft. The bird named from the Paradise you sing So never flags, but always keeps on wing. Where could'st thou words... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 414 pages
...deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee, inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize,...gravity and ease, And above human flight dost soar aloft Where could'st thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a vast expanse of mind ? Just... | |
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That majesty, which through thy work doth reign, Draws the devout, deterring the profane. And things divine thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves, and thee inviolate. At once delight and horror on us seize, Thou sing'st with so much gravity... 
