 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the midday sun; Himself is his own dungeon.  Second Walk Through Wales, - Page 54by Richard Warner - 1800 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Chamness Fyler - 1838 - 106 pages
...must be happy." — CATO, Act v. Sc. 1. " He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i" the centre, and enjoy bright day. But he that hides a...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun — Himself is his own dungeon." MILTON, Comus. INTRODUCTION. WHEN dim the eye with years and woe,... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. f 2 BR. 'Tis most true, 385 That musing meditation most affects The... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - Bible - 1839 - 590 pages
...beautiful lines of our great epic poet:— He that has light within hia own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. COM us. Balaam, " loving the wages of unrighteousness," anxiously... | |
 | Penitent - 1839 - 330 pages
...difficult is the separation. CHAPTER XXIII. " He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i" the centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." MILTON. THE day after my interview with this unhappy woman, I set... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1840 - 328 pages
...francheggia Sotto rusbergo del esser puro." — DANTE. " He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i* th' centre and enjoy bright day : But he that...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." — MILTON. TALE XV. ADVICE ; on, THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PRIEST. His... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Intellect - 1841 - 512 pages
...the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, , May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." $ 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered as a source of happiness. But, while this... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - 1841 - 648 pages
...what is so sublimely said by Milton, ' He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon.' " Eccentric, and perhaps inconsistent, as this conduct was, it was... | |
 | Robert Plumer Ward - England - 1841 - 304 pages
...what is so sublimely said by Milton, ' He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a dark...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon.' " Eccentric, and perhaps inconsistent, as this conduct was, it was... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. Tie most true, That musing Meditation most affects The... | |
 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 pages
...degree, the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foal thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." 4 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered... | |
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