 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 pages
...goodliest plans of happiness on earth And peace and liberty. Wild dreams! But such As PLATO lov'd; such as with holy zeal Our MILTON worshipp'd. Blessed...When CHRIST shall come and all things be fulfill'd. THE SOLDIER'S WIFE DACTYLICS Weary way-wanderer languid and sick at heart Travelling painfully over... | |
 | Morton D. Paley - 1999 - 164 pages
...Henry Marten the Regicide was imprisoned Thirty Years',43 celebrates the regicide as a martyr whose 'ardent mind | Shaped goodliest plans of happiness on earth, | And peace and liberty. Wild dreams!' This millennial state has only been withheld until 'the latter days, | When CHRIST shall come and all... | |
 | William Arthur Speck, William Allen Speck - 2006 - 352 pages
...having 'rebell'd against the King and sat in judgement on him'. Southey extenuated this crime because his ardent mind Shaped goodliest plans of happiness...peace and liberty. Wild dreams! But such As Plato lov'd; such as with holy zeal Our Milton worshipp'd. Blessed hopes! A while From man with-held, even... | |
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... footsteps, as with even tread He paced around his prison : not to him Did Nature's fair varieties exist ; He never saw the sun's delightful beams, Save when through yon high bars he pour'da sad And broken splendour. 
