This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...--and the heathen of old time, to the upper air, and the seven spheres, and the region of the moon, 'Queen of the sea and beauty of the night.' Lastly, in a flight beyond the stars, he ascends, like Dante, to the empyrean; there he wishes to remain, but he is warned by Eemembrance that he must first pass through the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...--and the heathen of old time, to the upper air, and the seven spheres, and the region of the moon, 'Queen of the sea and beauty of the night.' Lastly, in a flight beyond the stars, he ascends, like Dante, to the empyrean; there he wishes to remain, but he is warned by Eemembrance that he must first pass through the toils of earth. In returning there, through many ' goodly states and kingdoms, ' he catches a glimpse of the garden of Eden, the description of which presents some remarkable points of comparison with that of Milton. Next, the poet sees his native country, and breaks into a soliloquy on the charm of her rivers, fountains, forests, the wealth of her mines, and the abundance of everything needful for human wants and luxuries. In the midst of this he wonders 'That ryches suld nocht in this realme redound, ' and his conductress answers, --'As for the land it lakis na uther thing Bot laubour and the pepylles governyng.' While she is further expatiating on the causes which have hampered its prosperity, they encounter the figure of an old man with lean visage, who declares himself to be Sir Commonweal, resolved to quit a country whose Policy has gone to France, where Justice has lost her balances, where Wrong is captain of the ordinance, and it is impossible betwixt the Merse and Lochmaben to tell an honest man from a thief. This leads to a general satire on all classes of the community, in the course of which the ecclesiastics come in for their full share of censure. Sir Commonweal then takes his departure. The poet is carried back to his cavern, and roused from his dream by the firing of cannon from a neighbouring vessel. He concludes with an exhortation to the king to rule his realm in unity and peace, to maintain justice, live temperately, and take an
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