...of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal: but when lust Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose Tlte divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in Charnel...

...the inward parts, The soul grows cloned by contagion, Embodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose0 The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp 470 Oft seen in chamel -vaults, and sepulchres Lingering, and sitting by a new-made grave, As loath...

...when lust. By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk. But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets In defilement to the Inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion.' In AV lewd, lewdly, and lewdness are found in both the meanings last noted, and there is no sharp distinction...

...the imagery which Milton reproduced: The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and in1brutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first...sepulchres, Ling'ring and sitting by a new-made grave. (Camus, 467 ff.) Men with Stoic leanings found it somewhat easier to believe in the visibility of human...

...By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets ill defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted...contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite loose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen...

...By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets ill defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted...contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel-vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and...

...recognizes that this process also can work in reverse, yet he mistakenly expects such a change to yield "those thick and gloomy shadows damp / Oft seen in Charnel vaults and Sepulchers" rather than Comus's band 10 Herman, Squitter-Wits and Muse-Haters, pp. 194-6. of merry...