...adjudge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. In saffron robe, with taper clear, And Pomp, and Feast, and Revelry,...sights as youthful poets dream, On summer eves by hauuted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johason's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare,...

...arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry,...pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eaves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on; Or sweetest...

...or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron ophists, 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...

...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...on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, fancy's child, Warble hia native wood-notes wild. And, after him, Fuller, in his Worthies of England, (first published in...

...let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With masque and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets...Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native woodnotes wild. Married to immortal verse, Such as the melting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of...

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...arms , while both contend. To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe , with taper clear, And Pomp, and Feast, and...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespear, Fancy's childe, Warble his native wood-notes wilde. And ever against eating cares,. Lap...

...arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen6 oft appear • In saffron robe, with taper clear, And Pomp, and Feast, and Revelry,...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's7 learned sock be on ; 1 These names represent country people. 2 ie free from care, the literal...

...arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with taper clear. And pomp, and feast, and revelry,...pageantry ; Such sights as youthful poets dream, On summer eve by haunted stream. — L'ALLEGRO. If any utilitarian require further reason for our particularity...

...arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry,...mask and antique pageantry ; Such sights as youthful poeta dream, On summer eve by haunted stream. — I/ALLEGRO. If any utilitarian require further reason...