Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" 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 146
by John Milton - 1832
Full view - About this book

Notes and Queries

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,...
Full view - About this book

The Central literary magazine, Volume 4

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...
Full view - About this book

St. Ursula's Convent, Or, The Nun of Canada: Containing Scenes from Real Life

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...
Limited preview - About this book

The Legacy of Rome: A New Appraisal

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...
Limited preview - About this book

The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

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...
Limited preview - About this book

The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

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,...
Limited preview - About this book

Sir John Tenniel: Aspects of His Work

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...
Limited preview - About this book

Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806

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...
Limited preview - About this book

Squitter-wits and Muse-haters: Sidney, Spenser, Milton, and Renaissance ...

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...
Limited preview - About this book

Bālakāṇḍa: Rāmāyaṇa as Literature and Cultural History

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....
Limited preview - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF