 So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...  The Juvenile instructor and companion - Page 184by Young people - 1879Full view - About this book
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...sincerely so, " A thousand livery'd angels lacquey her, " Driving far offeach thing of sin and guilt, 130 " And in clear dream and solemn vision " Tell her of...that no gross ear can hear, " Till 'oft converse with heav'nly habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind,... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...can hear, Till oft converfe with heav'nly habitants Begins to caft a beam on th' outward fliape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the foul's efience, Till all be made immortal : but when luft, By unchafte looks, loofe geftures, and foul... | |
 | William Hayley - Celibacy - 1793 - 278 pages
...ear can bear, 'fill oft converfe with heavenly habitants Begin to cafl a learn on tl? outward Jhape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the foul's ejjence, Till all be made immortal*. Again, the lady herfelf, in her addrefs to Comus, vindicates,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...can hear, Till oft converfe with heav'nly habitants Begin to caft a beam on th' outward lhapc, '1 he unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the foul's effence, Till a!l be made immortal : but when I,n(t, By unchafte looks, loofe geftures, and... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1796 - 382 pages
...ear can hear ; Till oft converfe with heavenly habitants Begin to caft a beam on th' outward fhape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the foul's eflence, Till all be made immortal. Ver. 77. 'Tis but their Sylph, the wife celeftials know,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 476 pages
...grofs ear can hear, Till oft couverte with heavenly habitants Begin to cad a beam on th' outward (hape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the foul's cflence, Till all be made immortal: but when luft, By unchafte looks, loofe geftures, and foul... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...so, " A thousand livery'd angels lacquey her, " Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, 130 " And in clear dream and solemn vision " Tell her of...that no gross ear can hear, " Till 'oft converse with heav'nly habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind,... | |
 | John Milton - English drama - 1797 - 484 pages
...habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, ." The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by degrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be made immortal. " But when lust " By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish act... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt; And, in clear dream and solemn vision,...that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1803 - 228 pages
...means, (she adds) exclude that kind- of reading which young people are naturally most fond C And turn'd it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal. The chaste mind, like a polished plane, may admit foul thoughts, without receiving their tincture.... | |
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