 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, tho' pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old Law... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...WIFE. METHOD GHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, tho' pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old Law... | |
 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave: Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death...pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of childhood taint. Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1841 - 346 pages
...— " Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint, j Mine, as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old law did save And such,... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...He speaks of her as his "late deceased saint," who appeared to him in a dream, her semblance being such— " as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven, without restraint." Moreover, she— " Came vested all in white, pure as her mind : Her fuce was veil'd; yet, to my fancied... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 92 pages
...WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...great son to lier glad husband gnve, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as when wash'd from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old law did save, And MK-li as ycl "lice inoro I trust to have Full Sicht n!' hrr in Hrav'n without restraint, Came, vested... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1845 - 432 pages
...character. " Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death...pale and faint. Mine, as whom wash'd from spot of child -bed taint Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Great Britain - 1846 - 514 pages
...character. " Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death...yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heav'n without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind : Her face was veil'd, yet to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...— Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alccstis from the grave, Whom Jove's as ଋ! hi the old law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without... | |
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Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white,... 
