mansion quotes

The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year.

- Oliver Goldsmith
  The Deserted Village, l.140^2.

See how the Orient dew, Shed from the bosom of the morn Into the blowing roses, Yet careless of its mansion new; For the clear region where 'twas born Round in its self encloses: And in its little globes extent, Frames as it can its native element.

- Andrew Marvell
c.1650^1652  'On a Drop of Dew' (published1681).

Before the starry threshold of Jove's court My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live inspher'd In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot, Which men call earth.

-John Milton
  Comus,  A Mask, opening lines.