 Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow...  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Página 184por Young people - 1879Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Dilworth Gilpin - 1827 - 342 páginas
...solitude and silence the forms which imagination bodies forth? What wisdom is so noble as that " Which seeks to sweet retired Solitude ; Where, with her...nurse Contemplation, She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd."... | |
 | 1829 - 804 páginas
...she Is not) Could stir the consult mood ol her calm thoughts, And pat them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own...nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, Th.u in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd :... | |
 | Henry Phillips - 1829 - 398 páginas
...woodland banks, where Milton says — Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; vOL. I. I Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired.... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 460 páginas
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet, retired solitude...nurse. Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 434 páginas
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1830 - 530 páginas
...time to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he entered on the active duties of the ministry. ' Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most... | |
 | Asa Cummings - 1839 - 510 páginas
...time, to be his hallowed and chosen retirement, till he ente-ed on the active duties of the ministry. " Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude...Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings." This step, considered in all its aspects, may justly be regarded as one of the most... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1830 - 420 páginas
...all that's really good and great : — " For Wisdom's self " Oft seeks to such retired solitudes, " Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, " She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, " That in the various bustle of resort, " Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.*... | |
 | 1831 - 704 páginas
...her calm thoughts, And put them inlo misbecoming plight. Virtue could see lo do what virtue \vould By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat »ea sunk. Arid Wisdom's self Ofl seeks to sweet retired solitude : Where, with her bi'St nurse, Contemplation,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 páginas
...is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own...moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers,... | |
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