Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | Paradise Lost. vii. 24 |
John Milton (1608–1674) |
| | | .. MORE 1 safe I Sing with mortal voice, unchang’d | |
| To hoarce or mute, though fall’n on evil dayes, | |
| On evil dayes though fall’n, and evil tongues; | |
| In darkness, and with dangers compast round, | |
| And solitude; yet not alone, while thou | 5 |
| Visit’st my slumbers Nightly, or when Morn | |
| Purples the East: still govern thou my Song, | |
| Urania, and fit audience find, though few. | |
| But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance | |
| Of Bacchus and his Revellers, the Race | 10 |
| Of that wilde Rout that tore the Thracian Bard | |
| In Rhodope, where Woods and Rocks had Eares | |
| To rapture, till the savage clamor dround | |
| Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend | |
| Her Son. So fail not thou, who thee implores: | 15 |
| For thou art Heav’nlie, shee an empty dreame … | |
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