 Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew...  The Beauties of English Poesy - Page 47by Oliver Goldsmith - 1767Full view - About this book
 | William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Care derides, And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1810 - 730 pages
...in how different a strain he avows his attachment now, and at the opening of the poem. Then it was, If I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew. But having, it should seem, established his pretensions, he now thinks it sufficient to give notice,... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides : Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1810 - 462 pages
...in how different a strain he avows his attachment now, and at the opening of the poem. Then it was, If I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew. But having, it should seem, established his pretensions, he now thinks it sufficient to give notice,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - English drama - 1811 - 698 pages
...derides, And Laughter holding both his sides ! Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe: And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty 1 SONG. Haste thee nymph, and bring with thet Jest and youthjul jollity, Quips and cranks,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides: Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 752 pages
...; the fingers of the feet.— Fill me from the crown to th' toe, topful Of direct cruelty. Sbak. , Come and trip it as you go, On the light fantaftic toe. Milton. A thoufand little nerves fhe fends Quite to our tots, and fingers ends. Prior. {».) TOES,... | |
 | Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty : And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and... | |
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