| John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...Of wit or arms, whil both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 126 In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthsul poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. i3o Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Warton - English drama - 1799 - 148 pages
...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...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
| Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...contend -rtt To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ' In saffron robe, and taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry With...antique pageantry? Such sights as youthful poets dream Oh summer eves, by haunted stream. " Then we seek the pleasures of the city, where knights and barons... | |
| Peter Pindar - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If JONSON'S learned sock be on, Or sweetest SHAKSPEARE, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
| John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...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...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If JONSOU'S learned sock be on, Or sweetest SHAKSPEARE, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
| William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...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 Rtfvelry , \Vith Mask and antique Pageantry, Such sights as yeuthful poets dream , On summer eves by... | |
| English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper cleaV, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique...anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespear, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever against eating cares, Lap me.in... | |
| E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend There let Hymen oft appear In salfron robe, with taper clear. And pomp, and feast, and revelry,...mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poeis dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson't learned... | |
| John Sabine - Elocution - 1807 - 316 pages
...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...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jensen's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...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...dream, On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare Fancy's child, Warble... | |
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