 But hail, thou 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 O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page 7by John Milton - 1900 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
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...But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy ! Hail divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to...wisdom's hue : Black, but such as in esteem Prince Mcmnon's sister might beseem, Or that starr'd Ethiop queen, that strove To set her beauty's praise... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 pages
...But hail, thou 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, fferlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
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 | John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...Bnt, hail ! thou goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And, therefore, to...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... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
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 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...hail , thon Goddess , sage and holy, Hail divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright i To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'relaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; :. Black , but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to...hue ; 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... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...But hail, thou Goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to...hue ; 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... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pages
...PENSEROSO." -hail, thou goddess, sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to...weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid wisdom's hue. Sweet bird that shunn'st the noise of Folly, Most musical, most melancholy, Thee, chantress, oft the... | |
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