----_Lumenque_ Juventæ
_Purpureum_.
Dryden has omitted the _purple light_ in his version, nor is it given by
Pitt; but Dryden expresses the general idea by
---- With hands divine,
Had formed his curling locks and _made his temples shine_,
And given his rolling eys a _sparkling grace_.
It is probable that Milton has given us his idea of what was meant by
_this purple light_, when applied to the human countenance, in the
felicitous expression of