Penseroso

She reminds us of insomnia's centrality to great literary characters, signifying everything from inner dread in Macbeth to mental liberation in Milton's "Penseroso," who relishes the mind-wanderings that nocturnal wakefulness brings.

The Long Dark Night of the Soul 2008

[Hebrew: t. a.] _Milton's "Penseroso" _ (Vol. ii, p. 153.).

Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 Various

Its accidental similarity in spelling to cypress has here, and in Milton's "Penseroso," probably confused readers.

Notes: Book First. Palgrave, Francis T Francis T. Palgrave 1875

The other composition was by Esther; it was on the other and darker side of the subject, and as perfect a match for it as the "Penseroso" to the "Allegro."

Oldtown Folks 1869

The "Penseroso" and the "Allegro," notwithstanding that each piece is the antithesis of the other, are complementary rather than contrary, and may be, in a sense, regarded as one poem, whose theme is the praise of the reasonable life.

Life of John Milton Richard Garnett 1870

It has been remarked, however, that his use of "Penseroso," incorrect both in orthography and signification, shows that prior to his visit to Italy he was unacquainted with the niceties of the language.

Life of John Milton Richard Garnett 1870

Milton to draw up a state paper, or to discourse deep metaphysics, with the same manful possession of their subject which gives grace and completeness to the "Penseroso" or the "Epithalamion."

Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847

Melancholy, or rather of Contemplation, from Milton's "Penseroso"; a female figure with uplifted face and rapt look, "communing with the skies."

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Melancholy, or rather of Contemplation, from Milton's "Penseroso"; a female figure with uplifted face and rapt look, "communing with the skies."

Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834

Cassiopeia was an Aethiopian, and consequently, in spite of her boasted beauty, black; at least so Milton seems to have thought, who alludes to this story in his "Penseroso," where he addresses

The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831