 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem ; Or that starr'd hftt now hath it, pityeth £IK by the year, or more, and is not able pow'rs offended : Yet thou art higher far descended. Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore To solitary... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 sider
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem; Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's...praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended I Yet thou art higher far descended, Tliee bright haired Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 618 sider
...the same artist, is a very beautifully painted picture ; and here the quotation is just : — " Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea nymphs, and their powers offended." — II Penseroso. Our limits, at present, preclude us from... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 408 sider
...assisted the Trojans, and to have That is, might become a princess been slain by Achilles, was the Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended ; Yet thou art higher far descended ; Thee bright-hair'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended ; Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | 1852 - 874 sider
...staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee bright-hair'd Vesta, long of yore, To solitary Saturn bore... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sider
...with black, staid wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers oflended : Yet thou art higher far descended, Thee bright-haired Vesta long of yore To soli tary Saturn... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 sider
...; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister2 might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen3 that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta,4 long of yore,- ...... The solitary... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 sider
...; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister2 might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen3 that strove To set her beauty's praise above The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended : Thee, bright-hair'd Vesta,4 long of yore, The solitary Saturn... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 sider
...with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Mcmnon's sister might beseem; Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's...praise above The sea-nymphs, and their powers offended : Yet thou art higher far descended, Thee bright haired Vesta long of yore To solitary Saturn bore... | |
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Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view... 
