 O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how...  Milton's Paradise Lost; Or, The Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical ... - Page 139by John Milton - 1754 - 430 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...heads ; to thee I call, 35 " But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, " O Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, " That bring to my remembrance from what state " I fell, — how glorious once above thy sphere, " Till pride, and, worse, ambition1 threw me down, 40 " Warring in Heaven against... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in... | |
 | James Chapman - 286 pages
...heads ! to thee I call, — But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 214 Ah ! wherefore ?— He deserv'd no such return From me, whom he created what 1 was In that bright... | |
 | John Milton - Fiction - 1985 - 468 pages
...diminish'd Heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly Voice; and add thy Name, 0 Sun! to tell thee how I hate thy Beams That bring to my remembrance, from what State 1 fell, how Glorious once above thy Sphere; Till Pride and worse Ambition threw me down. Warring in... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...diminisht heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Spheare . . . [4.32-39] We cannot fail to recall how the warmth... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages
...beams that only remind him of his paralysis of the will: "to thee I call, ... O Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams / That bring to my remembrance from what state / I fell" (IV. 35-39). The sun inspires memory of his loss, but no ritual recompense, not in mourning - which... | |
 | Vera J. Camden - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 276 pages
...and what must be Worse; of worse deeds worse sufferings must ensue. (17-26) 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worse ambition threw me down; Warring in... | |
 | Robert L. Patten - Art - 1992 - 540 pages
...addresses an irradiated image of the prince regent with words adapted from Book IV of Paradise Lost: "How I hate thy beams, that bring to my remembrance from what state I fell." Those beams are labeled with the names of the victorious allied leaders, Wellington being most prominent,... | |
 | Robert Brinkley, Keith Hanley - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 396 pages
...diminished heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worse ambition threw me down Warring in... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 162 pages
...beams that only remind him of his paralysis of the will: "to thee I call, ... O Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams / That bring to my remembrance from what state / 1 fell' ' (IV. 35 - 39). The sun inspires memory of his loss, but no ritual recompense, not in mourning... | |
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