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. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp and feast and revelry, With mask and... The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 146by John Milton - 1832Full view - About this book
| Electronic journals - 1874 - 714 pages
...yet established in England what Milton called a "well-trod stage" : — " Then to the well-trod stnge anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest...Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild." THE grave of Dr. John Milner, the author of The History, Civil and Ecclesiastical . . . of Winchestfr,... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...what plays he might see, yet one of his pleasures is the performance of the legitimate drama : — " 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." Returning to " the pensive man," it... | |
| Julia Catherine Beckwith Hart - Education - 1991 - 292 pages
...Milton, "L'Allegro," 1645, 11. 125-28. The lines in Patterson's edition read: There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and 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... | |
| Richard Jenkyns - Europe - 1992 - 526 pages
...some famous lines from 'L' Allegro' Milton contrasts the different styles of Jonson and Shakespeare: Then to the well-trod stage anon. If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, faney's ehild, Warble his native wood-notes wild. (131-4) This is usually taken to endorse Jonson's... | |
| Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 340 pages
...move to more literary creations: Such sights as youthful Poets dream On Summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned...native Wood-notes wild. And ever against eating Cares, Lap me in soft Lydian Airs, Married to immortal verse. (lines 119-37) The poem ends with a figure recurrent... | |
| John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen58 oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock59 be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever,... | |
| Roger Simpson - Art - 1994 - 204 pages
...Tenniel. Tenniel's contribution to the book illustrates a pagan festive scene. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and 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... | |
| Mary Waldron - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 364 pages
..."unlettered" writers, comes from Milton's "L'Allegro" and describes Shakespeare in contrast to Ben Jonson: "Then to the well-trod stage anon / If Jonson's learned...Fancy's child /Warble his native woodnotes wild." 2. "Prefatory Letter," PSO, pp. vii—viii. 3. Clearly a quotation; an exact reference has not been... | |
| Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...one's youth, a childish toy to be put away in adulthood. The scene then switches to the public theatre: Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned...Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native Wood-notes wild (11. 131-34) Although these lines seem irreproachable, given the choice of dramatists, the speaker's... | |
| Varadaraja V. Raman - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 398 pages
...and thought, it enriches human experience. At this point Milton's lines in L'Allegro come to mind: ...pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique...youthful poets dream, On summer eves by haunted stream. 3. Vasistha's advice on how the poor are to be treated, reflects a deep understanding of human psychology.... | |
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