 Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...  A Handbook of English Literature - Page 304edited by - 1897 - 384 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^gean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil — Athens,...suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive-grove of Academe, . Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Specular Mount Westward, much nearer by Southweff, behold Where on theJEgean shore a City slands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil Athens the...Mother of Arts And Eloquence, native to famous wits Or heritable, in her sweet recess, City or Suburban, sludious walks and shades; See there the Olive Grove... | |
 | Gerald M. MacLean - History - 1995 - 314 pages
...specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the Aegean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence. (PR 4. 229-41) Though the temptation to the powers of oratory does not belong to the Gospel, the idea... | |
 | Tony Davies - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 170 pages
...bathed in the lambent glow of nostalgic longing: behold Where on the Aegean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil Athens, the...suburban, studious walks and shades; See there the olive-grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the... | |
 | Tony Davies - Literary Criticism - 1997 - 164 pages
...bathed in the lambent glow of nostalgic longing: behold Where on the Aegean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil Athens, the eye of Creece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...wisdom; as thy empire must extend, So let extend thy mind o'er all the world. 7646 Paradise Regained rden Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with...Withdraws into its happiness. 7082 'The Garden' Annih Acadame, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long. 7647... | |
 | Morton White - Biography & Autobiography - 2010 - 373 pages
...but not all, prepared me for a life of intellectual bridge building. 25 Luck in the Grove of Academe Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence,...Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long. — John Milton, Paradise Regained, bk. iv, line 240 Luck or good... | |
 | Tony Trigilio - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 222 pages
...specular mount, Westward, much nearer by southwest; behold Where on the Aegean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens, the...Plato's retirement, where the attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long . . . ." (4.236-46) Satan inverts Christ's inner pilgrimage into... | |
 | Frederick Fyvie Bruce - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 530 pages
...place, being the native city of Socrates and Plato and the adopted home of Aristotle, Epicurus and Zeno: Athens the eye of Greece, Mother of Arts And Eloquence,...Trills her thick-warbl'd notes the summer long, There flowrie hill Hymettus with the sound Of Bees industrious murmur oft invites To studious musing; there... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, Mother of Arts 240 And Eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable,...Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic Bird 245 Trills her thick-warbl'd notes the summer long; There flow'ry hill Hymettus with the sound Of Bees'... | |
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