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" Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or 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, With mask and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful... "
Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ... - Page 144
by John Milton - 1810
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on; Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wiltk...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ica In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 2

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 600 pages
...Fine Connlerfesance, and nnhnrtfnl Sport, Delight, and Laughter, deekt in vi inly sort.— Thalia. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe with taper...and revelry, •With mask, and antique pageantry. Then to the well-trad stage anon, If Jonson'a learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy*! child,...
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Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to ..., Volume 7

John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 736 pages
...proof ; but considered candidly, what profession is more liberal than that of the well-trod stage. " If Jonson's learned Sock be on, " Or sweetest Shakspeare,...fancy's child, " Warble his native wood-notes wild." For, I am bold to say, that to be an intelligent, accomplished, and affecting actor, a man must possess...
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Biographia Borealis: Or, Lives of Distinguished Northerns

Hartley Coleridge - Biography - 1833 - 764 pages
...influence, and adjudge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with...pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream, On summer eve by haunted stream. — L'ALLEGRO. If any utilitarian require further reason for our particularity...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 12.5 In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 13O Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's...
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The New-England Magazine, Volume 7

Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin - American literature - 1834 - 542 pages
...falls then let the scene be changed. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. i* » # * Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned...Fancy's Child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. * Upon second thoughts, you may look into Hamilton— a sweet poet— whom to have neglected, is the...
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Poetical Works: Biography of Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 350 pages
...and by interrupted appearances." At line 131, the poet alludes to a stage worthy of his presence :— Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned...fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton had not yet gone such extravagant lengths in puritanism, as to join with his reforming brethren...
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The Modern Dunciad: Virgil in London and Other Poems

George Daniel - English literature - 1835 - 376 pages
...playing Faustus, With the Cross upon his breast." The age of Shakespeare was the age of romance, " Of pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream." As yet, frigid philosophy had not reduced man's existence to one dull round of sad realities ; but...
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The Modern Dunciad: Virgil in London and Other Poems

George Daniel - English literature - 1835 - 366 pages
...playing Faustus, With the Cross upon his breast." The age of Shakespeare was 'the age of romance, " Of pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream." As yet, frigid philosophy had not reduced man's existence to one dull round of sad realities ; but...
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