 And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3101839Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...hermitage, The hairy gown, and mossy cell, Where I may sit aud rightly spell Of every star that heaven duth show, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like pruphetic strain." So, who does not love Goldsmith's Edwin and Angelina, and the gentle line with which... | |
 | Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heav'n doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...And may at last my weary age 'ind out the peaceful hermitage, I"he hairy gown and mossy cell, iVhere thus, acquiring unsought praise, He catch'd at love, and shew, And every herb that sips the dew; old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that Heav'n doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Off every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain." It is not given to man of himself to prophesy, and when we contrast the youthful dream to the actual... | |
 | Bette Charlene Werner - English poetry - 1986 - 328 pages
...Hermitage The hairy Gown the mossy Cell Where I may sit & rightly spell Of every Star that heavn doth shew And every Herb that sips the dew Till old Experience do attain To somewhat like Prophetic strain. They are 11. 167-74, in The Work of John Milton, vol. 1, pt. 1, p.... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...tempering: And may at last my weary age Find out the peacefull hermitage, The Hairy Ck>wn and Mossy Cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew, And every Herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To somthing like... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...dim, religious light. (1. 155 — 160) 19 Find out the peaceful hermitage. The hairy gown and mossy ssbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels...white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron These pleasures Melancholy give, And I with thee will choose to live. (1. 168-176) AWP; FiP; GTBS;... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...conclusion, the poet-prophet: Where 1 may sit and rightly spell Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew, And every Herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like Prophetic strain. These pleasures Melancholy give, And I with thee will choose to live. (lines 170-6) The presence of... | |
 | Stanton J. Linden - Literary Criticism - 392 pages
...prophetic wisdom: And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The Hairy Gown and Mossy Cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every Star that Heav'n doth shew, And every Herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like... | |
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