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... spirit .'- NEWTON'S Life of Milton . ' In 1738 Comus was presented on the stage at Drury Lane , with musical accompaniments by Dr. Arne , and the applica- tion of additional songs , selected and adapted from L'Allegro.
... spirit .'- NEWTON'S Life of Milton . ' In 1738 Comus was presented on the stage at Drury Lane , with musical accompaniments by Dr. Arne , and the applica- tion of additional songs , selected and adapted from L'Allegro.
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John Milton John Hunter (of Uxbridge). tion of additional songs , selected and adapted from L'Allegro , & c .; and , although not calculated to shine in theatric exhibi- tions , for those very reasons which constitute its essential and ...
John Milton John Hunter (of Uxbridge). tion of additional songs , selected and adapted from L'Allegro , & c .; and , although not calculated to shine in theatric exhibi- tions , for those very reasons which constitute its essential and ...
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... tion , varying from the gayest Anacreontics to the most ma- jestic and sonorous heroics . On the whole , if an example were required of a work made up of the very essence of poetry , perhaps none of equal length , in any language ...
... tion , varying from the gayest Anacreontics to the most ma- jestic and sonorous heroics . On the whole , if an example were required of a work made up of the very essence of poetry , perhaps none of equal length , in any language ...
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... tion ; but , so far as the action is merely human , it ought to be reasonable , which can hardly be said of the conduct of the two brothers , who , when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness , wander both away ...
... tion ; but , so far as the action is merely human , it ought to be reasonable , which can hardly be said of the conduct of the two brothers , who , when their sister sinks with fatigue in a pathless wilderness , wander both away ...
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... tion and detain it . ' The songs are vigorous , and full of imagery ; but they are harsh in their diction , and not very musical in their numbers . ' Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold xvi REMARKS OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON.
... tion and detain it . ' The songs are vigorous , and full of imagery ; but they are harsh in their diction , and not very musical in their numbers . ' Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold xvi REMARKS OF VARIOUS AUTHORS ON.
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Page 23 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 60 - To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 62 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade...
Page 66 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse ; Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 59 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 75 - Or call up him that left half-told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 61 - And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landscape round it measures; Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Page 57 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 33 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness...
Page 46 - Under the glassy, cool, translucent wave, In twisted braids of lilies knitting The loose train of thy amber-dropping hair; Listen for dear honour's sake, Goddess of the silver lake, Listen, and save. Listen, and appear to us, In name of great Oceanus; By the earth-shaking Neptune's mace, And Tethys' grave majestic pace; By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And the Carpathian wizard's hook; By scaly Triton's winding shell, And old sooth-saying Glaucus' spell; By Leucothea's lovely hands, And her son that...