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" May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. "
Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Milton - Page 76
by John Milton - 1923 - 310 pages
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The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments

John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides...thoughts, Benighted walks, under the mid-day sun ; Himself his own dungeon. Die pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far from the cheerful haunt of men and herds....
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Friends' Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 1

Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - 1848 - 856 pages
...too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. MILTON. SUMMARY OF NEWS. CONGRESS. — In the Senate, the debate on the Ten Regiment Bill has been...
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The Institutes of English Grammar, Methodically Arranged: With Examples for ...

Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 pages
...was in thy own bosom ?' — Hawkesworth. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides...foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun. — Milton. LESSON VI.— RULE V. There is a simplicity in the words, which outshines the utmost pride...
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 5-6

1856 - 666 pages
...grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. The mind that produced such sentiments as these, derived its inspiration from a holy source. Milton's...
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The Boston Book: Being Specimens of Metropolitan Literature

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 388 pages
...blessing, or 28* a curse, as it ministers to the higher or lower propensities of our nature. " He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." Such men are powerful preachers of the truth, that universal benevolence is the true panacea of life;...
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides...the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That musing Meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far from...
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John Milton: A Biography. Especially Designed to Exhibit the Ecclesiastical ...

Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all to-ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast\ May...bright day ;.: ( But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts/r^y Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; I -"V 870 375 380 merchant -will be to seek for...
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Happy Evenings; Or, The Literary Institution at Home

Clara Lucas Balfour - 1851 - 352 pages
...too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre* and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.' " And, again — " ' So dear to Heav"n is saintly Chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so,...
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Figurative Language: Its Origin and Constitution

Leo Hartley Grindon - 1851 - 258 pages
...tear* shall reap in joy ;' or Milton, — ' He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day; But he that hides...thoughts, Benighted walks, under the mid-day sun, Himself his own dungeon.' But it would not be going too far to assert that the bulk of all language is figurative...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...grow her wings, That, in the various bustle of resort, Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May...the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. 'Tjs most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far from...
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