...And when this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. //. Vaughan LXXVI TO MR. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sow'd nor spun. Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air ? He who of those delights...

...this dust falls to the urn, In that state I came, return. //. Vaughan LXXVI TO MR. LAWRENCE LA^VRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields...be won From the hard season gaining ? Time will run Cn smoother, till Favonius re-inspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose,...

...post o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." TO MR. LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE ! of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste,...

...frequently so used; and so is help, sometimes,—as in Milton's Sonnet to his friend Lawrence:— " Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day r " But, even since the language may be said to have entered upon the stage of its existence in which...

...Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and waite. XX Lawrence of vertuous Father vertuous Son, Now that the Fields are dank, and ways are mire,...Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help wast a sullen day; what may be won From the hard Season gaining: time will run $ On smoother, till...

...o'er land and ocean without rest ; They also serve who only stand and wait." TO MR. LAWRENCE (1656) LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us. light and choice, Of Attic taste,...

...frozen and the day sullen. The only controversy the sonnet has inspired concerns its final two lines: Lawrence of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...frozen earth; and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste,...

...Ocean without resl: They also serve who only fland and waite. 5 Lawrence ofvertuous Father vertuous Son Now that the Fields are dank, and ways are mire,...Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help was! a sullen day; what may be won From the hard Season gaining: time will run On smoother, till Favonius...

...return to Milton, whose other model of perfection, I find, is his SONNET XX. To Mr. Laurence. 'Laurence, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields...frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sow'd nor spun. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Of Attic taste,...

...octave Milton emphasizes that the pleasures he offers respond decorously to the conditions of the times: Lawrence of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that...may be won From the hard season gaining: time will mn On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth; and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose,...