 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 pages
...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 a dark soul and foal thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." 4 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 pages
...lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 4 the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 pages
...Were all to 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...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... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 pages
...They are 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...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Were aU to ruffl'd, andsomtimes impair' d. He that las light within bis own deer bresl May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a...thoughts Benighted walks under the midday Sun; Himself is bis own dungeon. 2. Bro. Tis mosl true That musing meditation mosl off eels The pensive secrecy of... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...A Book of Burlesques, p. 203 (1924). 563 He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. JOHN MILTON, "A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634," lines 380-84, The Works of John Milton, vol.... | |
 | James Turner - 1993 - 368 pages
...transparent interiority of the virtuous with the opacity of the bad: He that has light within his own cleer breast May sit i' th" center, and enjoy bright day, But he that holds a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Himself is his own dungeon. (lines 380-4) Complicating this distinction... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pages
...VICTOR HUGO, (1802-1885) French poet, dramatist, novelist. Les Misérables, pt. 2, bk. 8, ch. 8(1862). 6 But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. JOHN MILTON, (1608-1674) British poet. Second brother, in "Comus," I. 383-5 (1637). Every thing secret... | |
 | Kristin Pruitt McColgan, Charles W. Durham - 1997 - 304 pages
...bright day" even if the "sun and moon / Were in the flat sea sunk" (373-81). He claims by contrast that "he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts / Benighted walks under the midday sun" (382-83). It is therefore consistent that his first thought would be to dispel the "double night of... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk ... 7480 Comus ty and 7481 Comus "Tis chastity, my brother, chastity: She that has that, is clad in complete steel. 7482... | |
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Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude; "Where, with her best 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. He, that has light within his own clear... 
