Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging... The Life of John Milton - Page 264by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
| Joseph Ivimey - 1833 - 314 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1834 - 972 pages
...great poet — ' Methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while...also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.' Would... | |
| Sir James Mackintosh - 1835 - 394 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her, as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full...also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms." t... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle inning her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzlcd eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing...heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and Hocking birds, with those also that lore the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and... | |
| John Milton - 1836 - 448 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full...also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms. 72.... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1836 - 380 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full...also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. " What should ye do then ? should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1836 - 676 pages
...after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, renewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full...heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and nocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means," and... | |
| David Irving - 1836 - 432 pages
...the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain it self of heav'nly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, nutter about, amaz'd at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticat a year of sects... | |
| 1836 - 694 pages
...after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks ; methinks I see her as an eagle, rearing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 274 pages
...man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle nursing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam ; purging and scaling her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of... | |
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