| John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...whifpering Winds foon lull'd aflecp. Towred Cities pleafe us then, . . ^ . And the bufie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of Ladies, whofe bright Eyes •. Rain influence, and judge the prife, Of Wit, or... | |
| Miscellany poems - 1716 - 426 pages
...creep, By whifpering Windes foon lull'd afleep. Towred Cities pleafe us then, And the bufie-humm of men. Where throngs -of Knights and Barons 'bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of Ladies, whofe bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prife Of Wit, or ATITIS,... | |
| Christopher Smart - English poetry - 1752 - 264 pages
...115 By whifpering winds foon lull'd afleep. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy humm of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold, 120 With flore of ladies, whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of 'on... | |
| John Milton - 1753 - 374 pages
...1 5 By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd aileap. Towred cities pleafe us then, And the bufy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high tviumphs hold, 1jj With, ftore of ladies, whole bright eyes Kain influence, and judge the prize Of... | |
| John Newbery - English poetry - 1762 - 292 pages
...creep, By whifp'ring winds foon lull'd afleep. Towered 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 flore of ladies whofe bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
| Art - 1762 - 290 pages
...creep. By whifp'ring winds foon loll'd afleep. Towered 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 bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while... | |
| Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 362 pages
...his fancy ; as appears from his Allegro — . - Towred 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 bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms,... | |
| Richard Hurd - Chivalry - 1776 - 358 pages
...took his fancy ; as appears from his Allegro — Towred 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 bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms,... | |
| Richard Hurd - Ethics - 1776 - 354 pages
...took his fancy; as appears from his Allegro — Towred 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 bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms,... | |
| William Hutchinson - Borders Region (Scotland) - 1778 - 544 pages
...the " idea of one of thofe rugged fortreíTes deftined folely for war, whofe " gloomy towers fuggeft to the imagination only dungeons, chains, and " executions : but rather that of fuch an ancient hofpitable manfion as " is alluded to by Milton, " Where throngs of Knights and Barons... | |
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