 | 1832 - 438 pages
...wayward passion ! " For 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, Might be too ruffled, and sometimes impaired.'' MILTON'S COMUS. Imploring that protective... | |
 | John Henry Hobart (bp. of New York.) - 1833 - 446 pages
...elegantly tells us that ' Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Whore 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.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however, that season... | |
 | John Henry Hobart, William Berrian - 1833 - 444 pages
...elegantly tells us that « 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.' I should have preferred for my retreat, however that season... | |
 | Plato - 1834 - 482 pages
...and unshackled mind. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to ewcct retired solitude ; Where, with her host nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustîe of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes ini[wlretl. He that has light within his own Hear... | |
 | 1835 - 496 pages
...flat sea sunk; and 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 bustles of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear... | |
 | 1835 - 292 pages
...hospitably received. 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 Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet... | |
 | South - 1835 - 300 pages
...hospitably received. 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 Where all too ruffled, and sometimes impaired. Probably the imagination of the poet... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1836 - 746 pages
...Tremaine. " Why wisdom's self, you know, Oft seeks a 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 sometime impair'd. " But seriously, it was to recover the... | |
 | John McVickar - 1836 - 528 pages
...elegantly tells us that " 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." I should have preferred for my retreat, however, that season... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...on fearless. DE FOE. 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 ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear... | |
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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... 
