...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i'the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. B. Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far...

...passage is a curious instance of the success with which he studied his model : — He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. The conclusion of the Masque strongly evinces that the author never intended it for general representation,...

...is good we make so, and go on Secured by the prosperity of our crimes. Ren Jonson. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre,...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Milton's Comus. Here, here it lies ; a lump of lead by day ; And in my short, distracted, nightly slumbers,...

...the true reading, in 1695, and 1705. T. Warton. I have restored the old reading. E. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre,...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. % BROTHER. 'Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell,...

...That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light ose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears hun...to stray Far as the solar walk, or nulky way ; Yet mid-dny sun : Himself is his own dungeon. Y. Bro. 'Tie most true, That musing meditation most affects...

...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That musing Meditation most affects The pensive secresy of desert cell, Far...

...tower : so 20. — for within him hell He brings, and round about him, &c.] Compare Comus, v. 383. —he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. And again, with the following lines, — — ner from hell One step no more than from himself can fly...

...from the heav'n of heav'ns Hath he excluded my resort sometimes, 8tc. 468. Compare Cotnus, 382. — Ik that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts. Benighted...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. E. 478. other joy To me is lost."] How exactly does Milton make Satan keep up the character he had...

...too ruflled, and sometimes impair^. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th1 centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Beniirhted walks under the mid-day sun: Himself is his own dungeon. 385 2. Bro. 'Tie most true, That...

...ruffled, and sometimes Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear breast May sit i' th' eentre, pright a statesman you" selfish vanity, devise False freedoms, holy ehe Benight«! walks under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon. Y. Bro. 'Tis most true, That musing...