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,... The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper - Page 476by Samuel Johnson - 1810Full view - About this book
 | George Barrell Cheever - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1830 - 480 pages
...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,...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on; Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wiltk... | |
 | John Milton - Literary Criticism - 1832
...wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ica In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - 1833 - 732 pages
...whose bright eyes Rain influence, and adjudge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear,...pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream, On summer eve by haunted stream. — L'ALLEGRO. If any utilitarian require further reason for our particularity... | |
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 | Samuel Carter Hall - Literary Criticism - 1836
...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...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespear, Fancy's childe, Warble his native wood-notes wilde. And ever against eating cares, Lap... | |
 | Hartley Coleridge - Yorkshire (England) - 1836 - 732 pages
...whose bright eyes Rain influence, and adjudge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear,...pageantry ; Such sights as youthful poets dream, On summer eve by haunted stream. — L'ALLEGRO. If any utilitarian require further reason for our particularity... | |
 | Catharine Harbeson (Waterman) Esling, Catharine Harbeson Waterman - Crafts & Hobbies - 1839 - 252 pages
...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...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. YACINTH. Hyacinthus. Class 6, H ANDIUA.... | |
 | John Milton - 1839
...wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 125 In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's... | |
 | Poetry - 1840
...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...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child. Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me... | |
 | Poetry - 1840
...of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child. Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me... | |
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