 She, she it is in darkness shines, '7w she that still herself refines, By her own light to every eye ; More seen, more known, when Vice stands by ; And though a stranger here on earth, In heaven she hath her right of birth. There, there is Virtue's seat...  Masques and Entertainments - Стр. 230авторы: Ben Jonson - 1890 - Страниц: 439Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Kevin Sharpe - 1993 - Страниц: 400
...lines provocatively insist, the masquers must rely more on their virtue than on their courtly status: "tis only she, can make you great, / though place, here, make you knowne' (1l.347-8). This is, then, a remarkable masque, one which insisted that the courtiers would... | |
 | Richmond Tyler Barbour - 2003 - Страниц: 274
...Reconciled to Virtue (1618), an arriviste poet urged the court to reach after heaven-resident virtue There, there is Virtue's seat, Strive to keep her...can make you great, Though place here make you known the advisory tone offended. Nathaniel Brent noted caustically, "The maske on 1 2th night is not commended... | |
 | John Milton - 1891 - Страниц: 300
...Virtue (the Masque in which Comus appears) ends with a song in praise of Virtue. The last stanzas run : "She, she it is in darkness shines, 'Tis she that...make you great, Though place here make you known." The first lines of this extract may be compared with Comus 373 — 75; the last stanza would seem to... | |
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