In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Σελίδα 324των John Milton - 1826Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 σελίδες
...Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In those sophists, that would drown a fixh, I am constrained...to suffer what 1 wish. The cynic loves his poverty, poeti dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned... | |
| William Maxwell - 1850 - 510 σελίδες
...Milton, at least, in his assumed character of L'Allegro, appears to adopt and sanction it, when he says : Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And, after him, Fuller, in his Worthies... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 σελίδες
...what plays he might see, yet one of his pleasures is the performance of the legitimate drama : — " Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on ; Or sweetest Shakspeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild." Returning to " the pensive man," it... | |
| Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - 1991 - 292 σελίδες
...proceeding to Calais, there embarked in the packet for England. CHAPTER 25 "There let Hymen now appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry." "Let mirth go on, let pleasure know no pause, But fill up every minute of this day. 'Tis yours, my... | |
| Richard Jenkyns - 1992 - 526 σελίδες
...some famous lines from 'L' Allegro' Milton contrasts the different styles of Jonson and Shakespeare: Then to the well-trod stage anon. If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, faney's ehild, Warble his native wood-notes wild. (131-4) This is usually taken to endorse... | |
| Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 σελίδες
...his Cream-bowl duly set. (lines 100-6) When these tales are done, we move to more literary creations: Such sights as youthful Poets dream On Summer eves...anon, If Jonson's learned Sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native Wood-notes wild. And ever against eating Cares, Lap me... | |
| Roger Simpson - 1994 - 204 σελίδες
...Tenniel's contribution to the book illustrates a pagan festive scene. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, with mask and antique pageantry. It is the critical passage in a poem celebrating the Richard Doyle, illustration to "L'AIIegro," in... | |
| Peter C. Herman - 1996 - 294 σελίδες
...one's youth, a childish toy to be put away in adulthood. The scene then switches to the public theatre: Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on. Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native Wood-notes wild (11. 131-34) Although these lines seem... | |
| Mary Waldron - 1996 - 364 σελίδες
..."unlettered" writers, comes from Milton's "L'Allegro" and describes Shakespeare in contrast to Ben Jonson: "Then to the well-trod stage anon / If Jonson's learned sock be on / Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child /Warble his native woodnotes wild." 2. "Prefatory Letter," PSO, pp. vii—viii.... | |
| Varadaraja V. Raman - 1998 - 398 σελίδες
...and thought, it enriches human experience. At this point Milton's lines in L'Allegro come to mind: ...pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique...youthful poets dream, On summer eves by haunted stream. 3. Vasistha's advice on how the poor are to be treated, reflects a deep understanding of human psychology.... | |
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