...lib. I. Od. xxxv. 25. V. 25. " O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue." II Penser. 16. W. V. 28. " With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on the earth as fast." II Penser. 43. W. "So leaden eyes." Sidney. Astroph. and Stella, Song 7. " And stupid eyes that ever...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes : There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad, leaden, downward cast Thou fix them on...and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes ; There held in holy passion, still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on...and Quiet, Spare Fast that oft with Gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes ; There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on...and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hear the Muses in a ring, Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes : There, held in. holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the...Quiet. Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth. diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes : There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till . With a sad, leaden, downward cast Thou fix them on...and Quiet. Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes : There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till, With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on...and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with Gods doth diet, And hears the Muses, in a ring, Aye round about Jove's altar sing : And add to these retired Leisure,...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes: There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the...and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure,...

..."keep thy wonted state, / With eev'n step, and musing gate." Images of discipline and detachment — "calm Peace, and Quiet, / Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet" — are decorous to Penserosos quest of the pleasures of contemplation, just as spontaneity of movement...

...the delights of poetry itself. 'II Penseroso' likewise reveals a preoccupation with the poetic arts: And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's Altar sing. (lines 45 8) The absent song of the...