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" Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of... "
Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ... - Page 188
by William Hayley - 1810
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 1

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...do line one of their hands ? — tis gold Which buys admittance. Shalupeare'i Cymbeline. And, if I give thee honour due. Mirth, admit me of thy crew. To live with her, and live with the*, In unreproved pleasures free. MOton'i L' Allegro. There's news from Bertran : he desires Admittance...
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Harmonia ruralis; or, An essay towards a natural history of ..., Volume 149

James Bolton - 1830 - 382 pages
...the regularity of his life and the innocency of his own mind. He describes himself in a situation " To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise." How exquisitely charming too is the picture drawn by Shakspeare's magic hand! " Hark ! hark ! the lark...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee ss The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, 21 wash'd] Shakesp. Tarn, of Shrew, act ii. sc. 1. ' As morning roses newly wash'd with dew.' Bowie....
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee 35 The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew,...her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; 40 22 wash'd] Shakesp. Tarn, of Shrew, act ii. sc. 1. ' As morning roses newly wash'd with dew.'...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee 35 The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth , admit me of thy crew,...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 40 To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tow'r in the...
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Burford cottage, and its robin-red-breast, by the author of Keepr's travels

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 482 pages
...which he describes them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle...night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn doth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells....
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Burford Cottage, and Its Robin-red-breast

Edward Augustus Kendall - 1835 - 496 pages
...which he describes them, and among others, the singing of the lark before the rising of the sun : " To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle...night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dapple dawn dqth rise ; * The wild hyacinths of our English woods and hedge-rows, commonly called blue-bells....
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The Book of Gems: Chaucer to Prior

Samuel Carter Hall - 1836 - 390 pages
...fantastick toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew...flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-towre in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spight of sorrow, And at...
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The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 1

1844 - 52 pages
...shake off her nightly robe, bespangled with dew or fringed with the sparkles of the hoar-frost,— 1 To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...night— From his watch-tower In the skies, Till the dapple-dawn doth rise ;— While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to...
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The Central literary magazine, Volume 4

Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew,...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free." The words "unreproved pleasures," ie " innocent pleasures," explain the only limit Milton here sets...
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