 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 psl.
...breathing-space to muse on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd," that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 psl.
...on indifferent matters, where Contemplation " May plume her feathers and let grow her wings, That m the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired," that I absent myself from the town for awhile, without feeling at a loss the moment I am left by myself.... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 220 psl.
...she is not), Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own...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 breast May sit i'the... | |
 | Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 1970 - 412 psl.
...populos dat iura. * TT61000 S4 Tf|V TUpOWOV dtvSpCGTTOIS \l6\rt\V. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk; and in 588-9: Vertue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surpriz'd by unjust force, but not enthrall'd. Of... | |
 | Arthur S. P. Woodhouse, Douglas Bush - 1970 - 434 psl.
...double night of darkness, and of shades'1 (330-4), or his confident 'Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk' (372-4) — with various effects of symbolism and, on occasion, of dramatic irony. The wood is predominantly... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 psl.
...active life. He frequently contrasts quiet contemplation with the bustle of activity : And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to his father's home for six... | |
 | William Kerrigan - 1983 - 372 psl.
...public as when alone, the virtuous man has the authority within him, where it is always bright noon. "Virtue could see to do what virtue would / By her...light, though Sun and Moon / Were in the flat Sea sunk" (373-375). He sustains the conditions of external observation in the well-lit privacy of his mind,... | |
 | Bette Charlene Werner - 1986 - 328 psl.
...matches the mood of calm confidence in the elder brother's words: Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk.47 The brothers' contrasted attitudes are apparent in Blake's portrayals of them. The younger... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 psl.
...mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into mis-becoming plight. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1989 - 370 psl.
...soul's pastime here is referred to the echoes it collects from wisdom's activities in Comus: Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (11. 375-80) The soul in Marvell's poem... | |
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Wisdom's self 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 all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within... 
