 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...fiend, And, stretch'dout all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; L ALLEGRO. And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first...tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...the lubbar fiend. And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; 2A7~,8 9 ̺@ N< +/ l di= F0 N <P3q E f T S E pe X um Z ؚ 7Y 2 7bM ֫ z Q C K d _1 q Ca 5 5 R Boon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 pages
...creep, 115 By whispering Windes soon lull'd asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie hu mm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, no With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while... | |
 | Heinrich Mutschmann - 1924 - 80 pages
...coming, laden with corn and saltfish" (Goldsmid's reprint, 3, p. 70). LXXI. A Russian Triumph. 117 Towered, cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, 120 In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...they creep, By whispering Windes soon luud asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With slore of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of...barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 120 With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while... | |
 | Peter C. Herman - 1996 - 294 pages
...architecture, or the commerce, L'Allegro depicts the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, /...Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that Milton once planned... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - 1999 - 276 pages
...used in the 1645 edition to separate the two clauses: Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold,...triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom... | |
 | Thomas Warton - 2001 - 144 pages
...defcribed in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both... | |
 | Sara Haslam - 2002 - 262 pages
...fantasy to the mixture. Ford's epigraph is as follows: Towered cities please us then And the busy haunts of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With stores of ladies whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize. It comes from the section in... | |
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And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. 
