 Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within...  The English Journal of Education - Page 1491852Full view - About this book
 | 1787 - 182 pages
...fecrecy of defert Cell; And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, Where with her beft nurfe, Contemplation, She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her Wings, That in the various Buftle of Refort, Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair M. after having puffed the... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her ova radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 37? Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...flat fea funk. And wifdom's felf 375 Oft feeks to fweet retir'd folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various' buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...not) " Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, " And put them into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...not) " Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, " And put them into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft' seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...perhaps, is not impartially just •, will turnish our English readers with no bad motto to this book. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude : Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She |>luraes her feathers, lets grow he? wings, . That, in the various bustle of resort, Were, all too... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...admirably finifhed : And Wifdom's felf Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude, Where with her beft nurfe Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were aH too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd. The learned prelate, however,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...the flat fea funk. And Witdom's (elf Oft feeks to fwect retired folitude, Where with her bed nurfe Contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets 'grow her wings, That in the various buttle of rclort Were all too ruffled, und fometimes impair'd. He that has light within... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...not) " Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, " And put them into misbecoming plight. " Virtue could see to do what Virtue would " By her own radiant light, tho' sun and moon " Were in the flat sea sunk ; and Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own...plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within... | |
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