...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings .... [n. 366-78] ("A Mask Presented at Ludlow-Castle, 1634," in Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books....

...seasons' is ins. " '...Wisdom's self/ Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude. / Where with her best must Contemplation / She plumes her feathers. and lets...That in the various bustle of resort. / Were all too ruffl'd. and sometimes impair'd' iJobn Milton. Comus. lines 375-80l. 13 Jan. 1786 The skating has been...

...that peace and good health result from the harmonious balance of body, mind and spirit. Wisdom's self oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, where with her best nurse, Contemplation, she plums her feathers and lets grow her wings. -John Milton True wisdom consists of the comprehension,...

...that man derives from being occasionally alone, he also draws from it improvement; for. Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude: Where, with her...bustle of resort. Were all too ruffled and sometimes impaired. Again: suppose the fecundity of the earth to continue as at present, but the fecundity of...

...a reed, like the "oaten pipe" of (PQ- I, i, 12, 9) Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffl'd, and somtimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i'th'...

...though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self0 Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,0 Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings0 That in the various bustle of resort0 Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired.0 380 He that...

...melancholic, they do augment the praise of learned seclusion: "Wisdom's self," the Eldest Brother comments, "Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, / Where with...She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings" (374-377). The Second Brother agrees, noting that it is in the "pensive secrecy of desert cell" that...

...Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her...wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre,...

...loss of society with himself in Book IV of Paradise Lost. A Mask (Comus) comments, And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and somtimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast. May sit i'th' center,...