...love of God, and such an one will require no sharper caution than Milton's calm and moderate advice, " He, who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise." Another will ever dread their tyranny ; and the presence of them in his home, even when they are found...

...we may rise 10 To hear the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice Warble immortal Notes and Tuskaa Ayre? He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise. XXI Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench Of Brittish Themis, with no mean applause Pronounc't and...

...taste, with wine, whence we may rise To hear the lute well touched, or artful voice Warble immortal notes and Tuscan air? He who of those delights can...judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise. TO CYRIACK SKINNER (1656) CYRIACK, whose grandsire on the royal bench Of British Themis, with no mean...

...Edward Coke's professional career when he warded the attacks on him by quoting the Miltonic sonnet to Cyriac Skinner — Cyriac, whose grandsire on the...royal bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause, Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, our laws. Which others at their bar so often wrench. Coke is...

...especially Florence, the capital of Tuscany — like Athens remains for him a cultural ideal. 13-14 He who of those delights can judge, And spare / To interpose them oft, is not unwise. The meaning of spare has been debated. Keightley would understand ' time ' and interpret ''interpose,...

...or Henry. Worse, we are left to struggle with contradictory interpretations of the last two lines: "He who of those delights can judge, and spare / To interpose them oft, is not unwise." What does "spare to interpose them oft" mean? Does it mean spare time to interpose those delights often,...

...whence we may rise To hear the Lute welltoucht, or artfull voice Warble immortal Notes and Tuskan Ayre? He who of those delights can judge, and Spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise. 5 Cyriack, whose Grandsire on the Royal Bench OfBrittish Themis, with no mean applause Pronounct and...

...whence we may rise To hear the Lute well toucht, or artfull voice Warble immortal Notes and Tuskan Ayre? half perhaps will reign; As Man ere long, (1. 9—14) AWP; GTBS; GTBS-P; OBEY; OBS; PoE To the Lady Margaret Ley 122 Daughter to that good Earl,...

...Skinner Cyriack, whose grandsire, on the royal bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, our laws, Which others...wrench; Today deep thoughts resolve with me to drench In mirth, that after no repenting draws; Let Euclid rest, and Archimedes pause, And what the Swede...

...does not deliberately waste all of his days in such pleasant idleness, but, with Cato, believes that He who of those delights can judge, and spare To interpose them oft, is not unwise. He has discovered that there is wisdom in occasional relaxation. In his History of Britain he had declared...