 Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of kno.t-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, Wrapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my...  Comus: A Mask - Page 44by John Milton - 1858 - 90 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bengal council of educ - 1848 - 394 pages
...instances of the like image that may occur to you. Explain the expressions " by then," " dew-besprent," " Till fancy had her fill," " but ere a close the wonted roar was up amidst the woods." Whose was the wonted roar ? 2. " Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by,... | |
 | Bengal (India) - 1848 - 520 pages
...instances of the like image that may occur to you. Explain the expressions " by then," " dew-besprent," " Till fancy had her fill," "but ere a close the wonted roar was up amidst the woods." Whose was the wonted roar ? 2. " Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In scepter'd pall come sweeping by,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 pages
...voice Of my most honour'd lady, your dear sister. Amazed I stood, harrow'd with grief and fear, *• but, ere a close, The wonted roar was up amidst the woods. And fill'd the air with barbarous dissonance ; JU which I ceased, and listen'd them awhile." And, O poor... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...then the chewing flocks 540 Had ta'en their supper on the savoury herb Of knot-grass dew-besprent, and were in fold, I sat me down to watch upon a bank...and interwove With flaunting honeysuckle, and began, 545 Eapt in a pleasing fit of melancholy, To meditate my rural minstrelsy, Till fancy had her fill... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 508 pages
...Had ta'n their fupper on the favoury Herb 540 Of Knot-grafs dew-befprent, and were in fold, I fate me down to watch upon a bank With Ivy canopied, and interwove With flaunting Hony-fuckle, and began Wrapt in a pleafing fit of melancholy To meditate upon my rural minflrelfie,... | |
 | English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...pears lay strewed in heaps around, And the plum's loaded YywBuJhes kissed the ground. PASTORAL. I «at me down to watch upon a bank, With ivy canopied, and interwove With Daunting honeysuckle; and began, Wrapt in a pleasing lit of melancholy. To meditate my rural minstrelsy,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 688 pages
...woodbine." Their profane hands would not leave the passage as Milton had read it, when he wrote— " I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwoven With flaunting honey-suckle."— (Comw.) May be the lady : Thou shalt know the man By the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 604 pages
...woodbine." Their profane hands would not leave the passage as Milton had read it, when he wrote — " I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwoven With flaunting honey-suckle." — ( Canou.") May be the lady : Thou shalt know the man By... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 606 pages
...woodbine." Their profane hands would not leave the passage as Milton had read it, when he wrote — " I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied, and interwoven With flaunting honey-suckle." — (Corntw.) May be the lady : Thou shalt know the man By... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...by then the chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb 54I Of knot-grass dew-besprent, hile Adam took no thought, Eating his fill : nor Eve...soothe Him with her lov'd society ; thai now, As with fill'd the air with barbarous dissonance ; 550 At which I ceas'd, and listen'd them a while, Till an... | |
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