 | James Wilson - 1838 - Страниц: 372
...— " I waked, she fled, and I replunged in night ;" would perhaps be sufficiently unexceptionable. Methought I saw my late espoused saint, Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, far more agreeable than those deadly shades of which Solomon is speaking; but if, as it is written,... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - Страниц: 496
...tlas world's vain mask, Content though blind, had I no otter guide.' Todd. XXHI. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, tho' pale and faint. Mine,... | |
 | William Johnson Fox - 1838 - Страниц: 72
...Euripides — a name which Milton's sonnet has rendered so familiar and holy to modern readers — (" Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave:") and who is represented in the drama as voluntarily parting with life — as dying by way of commutation,... | |
 | 1838 - Страниц: 876
...Did n not glide in with the stillness of night, and, enacting We, draw Miltcn'a curtain'; " Melhonght I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Uescu'd irom death by force, though pale and faint.... | |
 | 1838 - Страниц: 938
...1 Did it not glide in with the stillness of night, and, enacting life, draw Milton's curtain t . " Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from tho grave. Whom Jove's great eon to her glad husband gave, Rescu'd from death by force, though pale... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - Страниц: 496
...vain mask, Content though blind, had I no other guide.' Todd. XXm. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. METHOD GHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, tho' pale and faint. Mine,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1841 - Страниц: 346
...Sleep's golden keys the dusky chambers of Persephone, and brings her back for a moment to light : — " Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint,... | |
 | Henry Alford - 1841 - Страниц: 272
...readers, after our Chapter on the Alcestis, against Dr. Johnson's judgement: * ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave: Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1841 - Страниц: 844
...ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait.' SOX.VET ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. MCTHOUGHT . GO, LOVELY ROSE. Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and m Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint.... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - Страниц: 364
...through the world's vain Content, though blind, had I no better guide. XXIII. ON HIS DECEASED WIFE. METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me, like Alcestis, from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force, though pale and faint.... | |
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Methought I saw my late espoused saint Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave, Whom Jove's great son to her glad husband gave, Rescued from death by force though pale and faint. 
