 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 pages
...Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, mighty poet, nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | John Milton - 1910 - 392 pages
...easy he should render vain. Or, if a work so infinite he spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by...Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, mighty Poet ; nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | Anna Sheldon Camp Sneath - 1912 - 302 pages
...Jealous I was, that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well: And by ill imitating, would excel!) Might hence presume, the whole Creation's Day, To change in Scenes; and show it in a Play! Pardon me, mighty Poet ! nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise! But I am now convinced... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1913 - 220 pages
...infinite be spann'd, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand, (Such as disquiet always what is well, 10 And by ill-imitating would excel,) Might hence presume...To change in scenes, and show it in a play.' It is another of his hasty productions, for the heat of his imagination raised it in a month. This composition... | |
 | John Walter Good - 1913 - 338 pages
...Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, mighty poet, nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1916 - 524 pages
...Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) Might hence presume the whole creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play.Pardon me, mighty poet, nor despise My causeless yet not impious surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | John Milton - 1917 - 660 pages
...easy he should render vain. Ox, if a work so infinite he spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by...Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, mighty Poet ; nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | John Milton - 1917 - 700 pages
...easy he should render vain. Or, if a work so infinite he spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill-imitating would excel,l Might hence presume the whole Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon... | |
 | John Milton - 1924 - 472 pages
...easy he should render vain. Or, if a work so infinite he spanned, Jealous I was that some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by...Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a Pardon me, mighty Poet; nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
 | John Milton - 1924 - 260 pages
...some less skilful hand (Such as disquiet always what is well, And by ill imitating would excel) ao Might hence presume the whole Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. Pardon me, mighty Poet; nor despise My causeless, yet not impious, surmise. But I am now convinced,... | |
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And by ill-imitating would excel,) Might hence presume the whole Creation's day To change in scenes, and show it in a play. 
