...for the ease and indolent enjoyments connected with rural retirement. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort. Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. 'In a poem expressive of tender...

...the ease and indolent enjoyments connected with rural retirement. — And Wisdom's self Oft seeks the sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse,...her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the bustling hurry of resort, Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. As these dispositions and sentiments...

...occasionally seek seclusion from the world, where contemplation " Plumes her feathers, and lets go her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled." This contemplation leads the poet to the mossy cell, to the thicket or the lea, to burns and bracken...

...populos dat iura. * TT61000 S4 Tf|V TUpOWOV dtvSpCGTTOIS \l6\rt\V. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk; and in 588-9: Vertue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surpriz'd by unjust force, but not enthrall'd. Of...

...double night of darkness, and of shades'1 (330-4), or his confident 'Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk' (372-4) — with various effects of symbolism and, on occasion, of dramatic irony. The wood is predominantly...

...active life. He frequently contrasts quiet contemplation with the bustle of activity : And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude Where with...wings That in the various bustle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (Mask 374-79) He decided to retire to his father's home for six...

...public as when alone, the virtuous man has the authority within him, where it is always bright noon. "Virtue could see to do what virtue would / By her...light, though Sun and Moon / Were in the flat Sea sunk" (373-375). He sustains the conditions of external observation in the well-lit privacy of his mind,...

...matches the mood of calm confidence in the elder brother's words: Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk.47 The brothers' contrasted attitudes are apparent in Blake's portrayals of them. The younger...

...mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into mis-becoming plight. Vertue could see to do what vertue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat Sea sunk. And Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with her best nurse Contemplation She plumes...

...soul's pastime here is referred to the echoes it collects from wisdom's activities in Comus: Wisdoms self Oft seeks to sweet retired Solitude, Where with...feathers, and lets grow her wings That in the various bussle of resort Were all to ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. (11. 375-80) The soul in Marvell's poem...