| John Edmund Reade - 1859 - 322 pages
...years, he has realised in himself that which was a desire in the divine mind of Milton : — But let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, to unfold What world, or what vast regions... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 554 pages
...in it seen, thus letting others into a share of his enjoyments, by the imagination of them. And let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear With thrice-great Hermes ; or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold... | |
| Francis Mahony - 1860 - 654 pages
...mystical lore," I love to investigate subjects such as these. " And may my lamp, at midnight hour, He seen in some high, lonely tower, Seeking, with Plato,...What realms or what vast regions hold Th' immortal »oul that hath forsook Its mansion in this fleshy nook ! And may, nt length, my weary a^e • Find... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1860 - 896 pages
...world.' 'What you say is very true, sir,' said the other ; ' but you know the lines of Milton—- Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes. ' These lines have haunted me from very... | |
| Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm ; Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen, in some high lonely tower, Exploring Plato, to unfold What worlds, or what vast regions, hold Th' immortal mind that had forsook... | |
| Francis Sylvester Mahony - 1860 - 650 pages
...of life " which is said to " bring mystical lore," I love to investigate subjects such as these. " And may my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high, louely tower, Seeking, with Plato, to unfold What realms or what vast regions hold Th' immortal soul... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1861 - 334 pages
...world.' ' What you say is very true, sir,' said the other ; ' but you know the lines of Milton — Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes. ' These lines have haunted me from very... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold... | |
| John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...the cricket on the hearth, Or the belman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm: Or let my lamp at midnight hour Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft outwatch the Bear, With thrice-great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit 'of Plato to unfold... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm : Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear, With thrice great Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold... | |
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