...Penseroso adumbrates Hesiod's meaning tor Milton later in the great epic: he is addressing Melancholy: And join with thee calm Peace, and Quiet. Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet. And hears the Muses in a ring Ay round about Jove's altar sing. l45-48) The young Milton, still in...

...soul sitting in thine eyes: / There held in holy passion still, / Forget thy self to Marble, till / With a sad Leaden downward cast, / Thou fix them on the earth as fast" (/I Penseroso, lines 37-44). Milton was much admired by eighteenth-century poets. 87 " — The name...

...71 Penseroso' Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure. 7498 'I1 Penseroso' Dead to the Living A little before you ma 7499 'II Penseroso' And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure. 7500...

...fast. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, I,iv,58-61(c. 1604) 12 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. John Milton, UPenseroso, 42-6 (1632) 13 The murmuring poor, who will not fast in peace. George Crabbe,...

...rapt soul1 sitting in thine Eyes: There held in holy passion still, Forget thy self to marble, till With a sad leaden downward Cast Thou fix them on the Earth as fast. Recit: Francesc: Joyn with Thee calm Peace, & Quiet. Spare Fast, that oft with Gods doth diet. And...

...rapt soul sitting in thine eyes: 40 There held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to Marble, till With a sad Leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on...as fast. And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, 45 Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's Altar...

...Forget thyself to marble, till0 With a sad leaden downward cast,0 Thou fix them on the earth as fast.0 And join with thee calm Peace, and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the muses in a ring, Ay round about Jove's altar sing.0 And add to these retired Leisure,...

...grain. Flowing with majestic train, And sable stole of cypress lawn, Over thy decent shoulders drawn. "And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And bears 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,...