 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
 | William Dowling - 1857
...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,...Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the... | |
 | English poetry - 1857
...There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, 162 Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspere, Fancy's child. Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever against eating cares, Lap me... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - 1909
...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...Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the... | |
 | William Harmon - Poetry - 1992 - 1132 pages
...let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revehy, With masque and antique pageantry: Such sights as youthful poets...Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild; And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1909 - 113 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 Jonsons leamed sock4 be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 306 pages
English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century, an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its ... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 486 pages
...judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen58 oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And...youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock59 be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 1957 - 1059 pages
...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 {onion's learned Sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's... | |
 | Anonymous - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 256 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. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Poetry - 2004 - 348 pages
...contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper dear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique...anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Thus done the tales, to bed they creep,... | |
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