 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.  Cowley, Denham, Milton - Page 475edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...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, :. ..... | |
 | Charles Townsend Copeland - American literature - 1926 - 1744 pages
...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered the theme, the Maiden sang As if her song could have...mounted up the hill, The music in my heart I bore, win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. Where...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,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1926 - 270 pages
...speed. 'Speed' and 'while,' see G. 13. Where beauty sees the brave resort. Compare Milton, L' Allegro: "Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds...Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms." HI. i — 5. Compare the similar pictures of Highlanders longing for home in Marmion, Int. in. 137... | |
 | George Stuart Gordon - Satire, English - 1927 - 188 pages
...has been too long abused. From these rustic fictions we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then. And the busy hum of...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. To talk of the bright eyes of ladies judging the prize of wit is indeed... | |
 | Edward Copleston - Authorship - 1927 - 48 pages
...world has been too long abused. From these rustic fictions we are transported to another species othum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. To talk of the bright eyes of ladies judgingthe prize of wit is indeed... | |
 | Robert Spindler - English language - 1927 - 244 pages
...sich des Dichters Auge labt, der hehren geistigen Genüsse und des süßen Zaubers der Musik). Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, "With störe of ladies, whose bright eyes 5 Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both... | |
 | John Milton - Education - 1928 - 408 pages
...L' Allegro* Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towerea cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...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,... | |
 | John Milton - Education - 1928 - 402 pages
...L' Allegro2 Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towerea cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...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,... | |
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