The only mention of daylight in this poem occurs when the speaker begs a goddess to shield him from the sun, imploring "Hide me from Day's garish eye.
The only mention of daylight in this poem occurs when the speaker begs a goddess to shield him from the sun, imploring "Hide me from Day's garish eye." Near the end of this poem, the speaker wishes to inhabit a "Hairy Gown and Mossy Cell" until "old experience do attain" to "something like prophetic strain." The final line of this poem, "And I with thee will choose to live," is often interpreted to indicate its author's preference for this poem's subject over the subject of its companion poem. This poem begins "Hence vain deluding joys, the brood of folly without father bred," and hails the Goddess Melancholy as superior to Mirth. For 10 points, name this companion poem of "L'Allegro," a poem about the pleasures of contemplation written by John Milton.
The only mention of daylight in this poem occurs when the speaker begs a goddess to shield him from the sun, imploring "Hide me from Day's garish eye.
"Il Penseroso"