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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry - Page 115
by English poetry - 1809
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...of death it bears a taste, % And both are the same thing at last. JOHN MILTON. IL PEHSEROSO. TTENCE, vain deluding joys, ** The brood of Folly, without...father bred! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed miud with all your toys: Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shape possess, As thick...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-regain'd Eurydice. VOL. IV. IL PENSEROSO. IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without...people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy!...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...won the ear Of Pluto, to have quite set free His half-regain'd Eurydice. IL PENSEROSO. IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without...that people the sun-beams; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou Goddess, sage and hoiy, Hail, divinest Melancholy!...
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Paradise Lost and Regained: With the Latin and Other Poems of John ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...on a bed vers, and bear have won the * ; set free dice. IL PENSEROSO. a to li VOL. iv. IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without...people the sun-beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. But hail, thou. Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...half-regain'd Eurydice. These delights if thoii canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. IL PEXSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without...thick and numberless As the gay motes that people tlie sun-beams ; Or lifcest hovering dreams, __. The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train. I'lt ii.nl,...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 446 pages
...similar, that the resemblance may be seen in the strqngest point of view. II Penseroso begins thus : Hence vain deluding joys, The brood of folly without...thick and numberless, As the gay motes that people the sun beams ; Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' train : But hail thou goddess...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 2

John Walker - 1811 - 568 pages
...&c." This page of Du Bartas was before Milton when he wrote '»s follows : Hence vain deluding joys Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams The fable pensioners of Morpheus' train. IL Pens. When Milton wrote, part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy,...
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A Selection of Curious Articles from the Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 2

John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...flight, &c.** This page of Du Bartas was before Milton when he wrote as follows: Hence vain deluding joys Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy...numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus' 1 train. Or likest hovering dreams When Milton wrote, H Pens. Wallowing...
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St. Clair; Or, The Heiress of Desmond

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1812 - 486 pages
...with impunity ; restore to me yourself, or banish me from you for ever ! LETTER XL. • PROM OLIVIA. Hence vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly, without father bred, How little you bestead, Or fill the mind with all your toys! But hail, thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 2

John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...Eurydice. - i -1' These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. XIV. 1L PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without...mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, t And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people...
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