 | English literature - 1835 - 426 pages
...will allow as to say, to this season of hope and promise, that we, "In weeds of peace higk trinmphi hold ; With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and JUDGE THE PRIZE !" . /tt t#*t e Ae wife of Henrv IV of Figure . Dird ifu.'i .' , W'rtt't**rte trtt*r , /nIMMIMM voi.... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...v. 7. The shrill matin-song Of birda on every bough. T. Warton. Tow'red cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and...Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, 119 Where throngt of knights and barons bold &c."j It may perhaps be objected that this is a little... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and...store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and jndge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds...while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. Instead of looking through things to the ghostly paradigm 'beyond', Milton is here looking at them.... | |
 | Celeste Marguerite Schenck - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 248 pages
...Genius Loci," in Beyond Formalism, pp. 316-17. 14. The imagery of L'Allegro is overtly epithalamic: There 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 dream. (Poetical Works, pp. 88-92) 15.... | |
 | Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - Education - 1991 - 292 pages
.... . pageantry"] John Milton, "L'Allegro," 1645, 11. 125-28. The lines in Patterson's edition read: There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper...feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry. See The Works Of John Milton. Vol. 1, Pt. 1. 1931, p. 39. 192.7-10 "Let mirth . . . looks gay"] Nicholas... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...they creep, By whispering Windes soon luud asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With slore of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 120 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence,...contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen58 oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and... | |
 | Roger Simpson - Art - 1994 - 204 pages
...Selous, Corbould, and Tenniel. Tenniel's contribution to the book illustrates a pagan festive scene. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper...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 - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...depicts the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, / Where throngs of Knights and...Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that Milton once planned... | |
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Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. 
