 She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Side 238af John Milton - 1852Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 sider
...child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies : Nature, in awe to him, Had doff'd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. II. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow : And... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 sider
...manger lies : Nature, in awe to him, Had doft'd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympath1ze : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. 11. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow : And... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 sider
...manger lies : Nature, in awe to him, Had doff'd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympath1ze : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. II. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow : And... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 sider
...child All meanly wrapped in the rude manger lies: Nature in awe to him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. n. To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, And on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful hlame,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 sider
...child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature, in awe to him, Had dofft her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season...eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. (1) Hazlitt. " Lectures," &c., p. 120. (2) Cowper. "Letters." (3) Written in 1620, when Milton was... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 sider
...child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature, in awe to him, Had doff'd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season...gentle air To hide her guilty front with innocent snow, Aud on her naked shame, Pollute with sinful flame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw, Confounded... | |
 | 1856 - 376 sider
...Nativity, when " Nature in awe of Him hath dofTd her gaudy trim With her great Maker so to sympathise. To hide her guilty front with innocent snow ; And...throw. Confounded that her Maker's eyes Should look so close upon her foul deformities."! VI. Lessons. — Elicit from the children (1) that it leads to admire... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 574 sider
...child All meanly wrapt in a rude manger lies ; Nature, in awe to Him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, I With liam Jenks * * 4. No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shicld'werc high up-hung... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1856 - 800 sider
...child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had dofTd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize ; It was no season...for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. IT. No war, or battle's pound Was heard the world around, The idle spear and shield were high up hung;... | |
 | John Eagles - 1856 - 416 sider
...indeed begin his hymn — " It was the winter wUd ;" but the wildness soon is dispersed, and Nature " Only, with speeches fair, She woos the gentle air, To hide her guilty front with innocent siwtr." How soon is the scene changed, and the cheering idea embodied — " But he her fears to cease... | |
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