 The leaf was darkish, and had prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil ; Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is...  Miltoni Comus - Page 78by John Milton - 1863 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1842 - 272 pages
...country, as he said, Bori a bright golden flower, but not in this soil ; Unknown, and like esteemed, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted...that Moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave," &c. Gravina, whose beautiful work on Poetry and Poets deserves universal attention, represents the... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and light estcem'd, pper sat ; I saw them under a green mantling vine,...hill. Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; sovran use 'Gainst all enchantments, mildew, blast, or damp, Or ghastly furies' apparition. 641 I purs'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1849 - 838 pages
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 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads...on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more medicinal is it than that moly, That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave. He call'd it haemony, and gave... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil : Unknown, and light at must eclipse the day : Now med'einal is it than that moly, That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it hromony, and gave... | |
 | 1891 - 850 pages
...botanist's eye one cannot but suspect this idea to be correct. The plant is so common, we are told, that "the dull swain treads on it daily with his clouted shoon ; " and yet it does not flower in this climate — failure which would render it liable to rapid extinction by... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 390 pages
...prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil :* Unknown and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads...That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it Ihemony, and gave it me, And bad me keep it aa of sovran use 'Gainst all inchantments, mildew, blast,... | |
 | Joseph Hunter - 1845 - 428 pages
...prickles on it, Bat in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower, but not in this soil :• Unknown and like esteem'd, and the dull swain Treads on it daily with his CLOUTED SHOOK : And yet more med'cinal is it than that Moly That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...prickles on it, But in another country, as he said, Bore a bright golden flower ; but not in this soil, Unknown, and like esteem'd ; and the dull swain Treads...on it daily, with his clouted shoon ; And yet more medicinal is it than that moly, That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it heemony, and gave... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...dull swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more medicinal is it than that moly, x That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave. He call'd it...haemony, and gave it me, And bade me keep it as of sovereign use 'Gainst all enchantments, mildew, blast, or damp, Or ghastly furies' apparition. I pursed... | |
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