"Unattentive" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... busy paths, my unaccustom'd feet Preserving: nor to Truth's recess divine, Through this wide argument's unbeaten space, Withholding surer guidance; while by turns We traced the sages old, or while the queen Of sciences (whom manners and the mind Acknowledge) to my true companion's voice Not unattentive, o'er the wintry lamp Inclined her sceptre, favouring. Now the fates Have other tasks imposed;—to thee, my friend, 70 The ministry of freedom and the faith Of popular decrees, in early youth, Not vainly they ...
— Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside |
