 Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus  Il Propugnatore - Page 148edited by - 1876Full view - About this book
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...Eurydice. 150 Thefe delights if thou canft give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. XIV. IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain -deluding joys, The brood of folly without father bred, How little you befted, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in fome idle brain, c And fancies... | |
 | George Ellis - 1790 - 346 pages
...When, if the fool had longer ftaid, The harmlefs fifh had been betray'd. JOHN MILTON. IL P£NSEKOSO. HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly, without father bred! How little you befted, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys: Dwell in fome idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...of moft otk: poets, that it is marked with a degree of dignity. IL PENSEROSO. [ «7 1 IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of folly without father bred, How little you befted, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell in fome idle brain, 5 And fancies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...i:; It) 113 1:0 Tiefcdelighut if thoo caflft give, ... o. withtbecl mean to live. XIV. IL PENSOROSO. HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of folly without father bred, How little yon hefted, Or fill the filed mind with all your toy* ! Dwell in fome idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...that Milton preferred the melancholy ; and his conclusion to the poem puts it out of doubt : — " Hence, vain, deluding joys! The brood of Folly, without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ; Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | Peter Pindar - 1804 - 180 pages
...EURYDICE. These delights if thou canst give, MIRTH, with thee I mean to live. IL PENSEROSO. BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | John Wolcot - 1804 - 180 pages
...EURYDICE. These delights if thou canst give, MIRTH, with thee I mean to live. IL PENSEROSO. BY MILTON. HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred : How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. IL PEXS F.ROSO. (MILTOJf.) HENCE vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred ! How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...mean to live. '"*• " .'':• --•'"•) ! v - • ..' * ,' IL PENSEROSO. « r• * ~ • vB [IBID.] HENCE, vain deluding joys, The brood of Folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ? Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...on a bed vers, and bear have won the * ; set free dice. IL PENSEROSO. a to li VOL. iv. IL PENSEROSO. HENCE, vain deluding Joys, The brood of Folly without father bred ! How little you bested,' Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies... | |
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