 IT was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature in awe to Him Had dofft her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour.  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Seite 311herausgegeben von - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1863 - 438 Seiten
...While the heaven-born Child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature in awe to him Had doff'd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air To hide... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 Seiten
...may be better felt, than described. 1 *—9ir HYMN. I. It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had dofTd her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize; It was no season then for her To wanton... | |
 | 1916 - 914 Seiten
...Virgin Mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring; For so the holy sages once did sing, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature in...gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize. The Christmas fact measures God's love toward man. It sounds the depths of the ocean of divine love.... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 Seiten
...Heav'n-born-childe, 3o All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her 35 To wanton with the Sun her lusty Paramour. Onely with speeches fair She woo's the gentle Air To... | |
 | 1909 - 502 Seiten
...his secret altar touched with hallowed fire. THE HYMN I It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies ; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize : It was no season then for her To wanton... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...illustrates the deliberately baroque quality of the imagery: It was the Winter wild, While the Heav'n-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature...Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. Milton goes on to give a picture of peace descending on... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 Seiten
...may have noticed with a wry smile the very f1rst stanza of the Hymn: Nature in awe to Him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour. In writing the Nativity Ode the younger Milton is conspicuously... | |
 | Varadaraja V. Raman - 1998 - 398 Seiten
...On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: It was the winter wild While the Heav'n-born child All nearly wrapt in the rude manger lies, Nature in awe to him Had doffd her gawdy trim With her Master to sympathize. But the divine nature of the birth is not ignored.... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1999 - 340 Seiten
...its first stanza again, but in a conflicted past tense: It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature in awe to him Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great master so to sympathize: It was no season then for her To wanton... | |
 | Betty Travitsky, Anne Lake Prescott - 2000 - 434 Seiten
...the Heav'n-born child, All meanly wrapped in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Master so to sympathize; It was no season then for her To wanton with the sun, her lusty paramour} 2 Only with speeches fair She woos the gentle air 4. God... | |
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