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
| John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 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... | |
| John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 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...purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the 3 49 BJM fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds.... | |
| Anne Ferry - 1983 - 207 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 midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance . . .8 The blind Samson redeemed by the... | |
| John Milton - 1985 - 468 pages
...invincible locks: 146 Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing 1 * 7 her mighty youth, and kindling her undazl'd eyes at 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... | |
| Lionel Adey - 1986 - 294 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 midday beam: purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance.49 By making England holy. Cromwell and... | |
| Thomas N. Corns - 1987 - 192 pages
...invincible locks: Methinks I see her as an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazl'd eyes at 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... | |
| David Loewenstein - 1990 - 216 pages
...herself at a critical moment in history like "an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazl'd eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain it self of heav'nly radiance" (n, 558). There is of course a significant difference in emphasis: the... | |
| Avihu Zakai - 2002 - 280 pages
...and shaking her invincible locks," or as "an Eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazl'd eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain it self or heav'nly radiance," was similarly convinced that thy Kingdom is now at hand, and thou standing... | |
| Paul M. Dowling - 1995 - 160 pages
...future, his second seems pessimistic about her past. "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" (II,... | |
| Hubert H. Harrison - 1997 - 154 pages
...kindling her undazzled eyes at the full noon-day beam; methinks I see her scaling and improving her sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance,...whole noise of timorous and flocking birds — with them also that love the twilight — hover around, amazed at what she means, and in their useless gabble... | |
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