 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when lust By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk ; But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts,...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 518by John Milton - 1892 - 618 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by leud and lavish act of sin, 465 Lets in Defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...those thick and gloomy shadows damp 470 Oft seen in charnel vaults, and sepulchers, Lingring, and sitting by a new-made grave, As loath to leave the body... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mmd, " And turn it by degrees to tlie soul's essence, " Till all be made immortal. ' " But...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish acT: of sin, 140 " Lets in defilement to the inward parts, " The soul grows clotted by contagion, " Imbodies and... | |
 | John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by decrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be made immortal....gestures, and foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish aft of sin, i.(e " Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose " The divine property of her first being.... | |
 | English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by degrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, 140 " Lets in defilement to the inward parts, " The soul grows clotted by contagion, " Imbodies and... | |
 | John Milton - English drama - 1797 - 484 pages
...habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, ." The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by degrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, 140 " Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose " The divine property of her first being. " Such are... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till...being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp, Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres Ling'ring, and sitting by a new-made grave, As loath to leave... | |
 | Plutarch - Classical biography - 1803 - 406 pages
...uses the same comparison ; for which, kowevcr he is indebted rather to Plato than to Plutarch. The lavish act of sin Lets in defilement to the inward...quite lose The divine property of her first being. vapour, with difficulty is kindled and aspires. There i* therefore no occasion, against nature, to... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...with heavenly habitant Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till...being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp, Oft seen in chamel vaults and sepulchres Lingering, and sitting by a new made grave, As loth to leave... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...with heavenly habitant Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till...inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, linbodics, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the miud, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, 460 Till all be made immortal : but when Lust, By unchaste...defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by conta.cion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such... | |
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