He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Poetical Works - Strona 116autor: George Crabbe - 1837Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| John Milton - 1843 - Liczba stron: 364
...all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. "Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - Liczba stron: 830
...all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, an ia his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, Of dragon-watch, with unenchanted eye, 391 To save... | |
| John Aikin - 1843 - Liczba stron: 826
...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, BenighU'd walks under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That... | |
| William Beattie, William Henry Bartlett - 1844 - Liczba stron: 436
...against the machinations of Fortune — " He thit has lifjht within hia own clear breast, M»y eit i' th' centre and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides...under the mid-day sun — Himself is his own dungeon." The sufferings inflicted upon Robert in this dismal prison, are a theme on which the old chronicles... | |
| James Caughey - 1845 - Liczba stron: 336
...following lines : — " He that has light within his own clear breast, May in the centre sit, and see bright day; But he that hides a dark soul, and foul...under the mid-day sun;— Himself is his own dungeon ! " I remain, your sincere friend, JC LETTER XI. * * * * Cork, Aug. <Uh, 1842. MY DEAR FRIEND, THE... | |
| Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1845 - Liczba stron: 488
...degree, the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides...foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." $ 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered as a source of happiness. But, while this source... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1846 - Liczba stron: 430
...think of Milton : He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy the day. But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts,...under the midday sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." Just so, he that hath the spirit of heaven within him, walks upon the Delectable Mountains, though... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1847 - Liczba stron: 332
...virtue would By her own radiant light He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon." It is a fact of great importance to be discovered and appreciated, that wickedness, in every form and... | |
| Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - Liczba stron: 160
...also a familiar Miltonic device. He that has light with in his own clear breast May sit i'th' center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul...under the midday Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (Comus, 381-85) Only a reference to blindness is needed to complete the Miltonic formula. Augustine... | |
| Kathleen Wall - 1988 - Liczba stron: 238
...ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul,...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (98-9, 11. 365-84) It is impossible not to see the Platonic image of the feathered soul embedded in... | |
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