...center of attraction. (Ursa Major: the Great Bear, points to Polaris; see seplm. For ursa, see rkthos. ) Towers, and battlements, it sees, Bosom'd high in...trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes. -Milton, L'Allégro os: the ash tree. Known from early times, the ash has tough,...

...beauty imagine other mens' erotic fascination: Towers, and battlements it [the poet's eye] sees, Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Towered cities please us then, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs...

...Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with Daisies pied, 75 Shallow Brooks, and Rivers wide. Towers and Battlements...Trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The Cynosure of neighboring eyes. 80 Hard by, a Cottage chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged Oaks, Where Corydon and...

...Meadows trim with daisies pied,0 Shallow brooks, and rivers wide, Towers, and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.0 go Hard by, a cottage chimney smokes. From betwixt two aged oaks, Where Coiydon and Thyrsis...

...1968), 46, lines 155-60. As in 'L'Allegro' 77-80. Ibid, 136: 'Towers and battlements it sees/ Bosomed high in tufted trees/ Where perhaps some beauty lies/ The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.' The 'it' is 'mine eye'. 7. Colmer, J., ed., Coleridge: Selected Poems (Oxford, 1967), 119-20, lines...