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A Mask: Presented at Ludlow Castle 1634, Before the Earl of Bridgewater, Then President of Wales (Google eBook)
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T. Bensley, 1799 - 124 pages
  

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Page 117 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 118 - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon...
Page 122 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 84 - Wherewith she sits on diamond rocks, Sleeking her soft alluring locks; By all the nymphs that nightly dance Upon thy streams with wily glance: Rise, rise, and heave thy rosy head From thy coral-paven bed, And bridle in thy headlong wave, Till thou our summons answered have.
Page 88 - To the ocean now I fly, And those happy climes that lie Where day never shuts his eye, Up in the broad fields of the sky. There I suck the liquid air, 980 All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree.
Page 121 - Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else, great bards beside, In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of tourneys and of trophies hung; Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Page 119 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 53 - Of some chaste footing near about this ground. Run to your shrouds within these brakes and trees ; Our number may affright. Some virgin sure (For so I can distinguish by...
Page 67 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 121 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...

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Comus (John Milton) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Comus (A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) is a masque in honour of chastity, written by John Milton and first presented on Michaelmas, 1634, ...
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RPO -- John Milton : Comus
1.1] Comus was acted September 29, 1634, at Ludlow Castle, by members of the family of the Earl of Bridgewater, under the direction of the composer, ...
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John Milton's Comus
John Milton's A Maske or Comus ... (http://www.mith.umd.edu) Contact us at comus@umail.umd.edu Last updated: December 10, 2000.
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Comus by John Milton
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Comus: Information and Much More from Answers.com
Comus (John Milton) Comus ( A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634 ) is a masque in honour of chastity, written by John Milton and first presented on.
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Sir Frank Brangwyn - Pageant of Ludlow Comus
Art of the Print offers a wide selection of international fine art. Original Etching by Sir Frank Brangwyn entitled Pageant of Ludlow Comus.
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314. Comus ii (excerpt). John Milton. The Oxford Book of English Verse
Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. John Milton. 1608–1674. 314. From' Comus' ii. Echo ...
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Comus (excerpts) by John Milton
Comus (excerpts) - by John Milton .. SONG1- Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv'st unseen - Within thy airy shell - By slow Meander's margent green, ...
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JSTOR: Le 'Comus' de John Milton: masque neptunien
Le 'Comus' de John Milton: masque neptunien. By JACQUES BLONDEL. (Publications de la Faculte des Lettres et Sciences Humaines de l'Universite de Clermont- ...
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MASQUE OF COMUS' ON LAWN; College Woman's Club to Give Milton's ...
MASQUE OF COMUS' ON LAWN College Woman's Club to Give Milton's Play Produced in 1634. Special to The New York Times. MONTCLAIR, nj, May 30. ...
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