ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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... nymph Sabrina , in the incidents , and the lyric movement , the spell which Fletcher's genius exercised on Milton . Milton chose the story of the goddess who swayed the Severn stream in compliment to his audience . It suited the scene ...
... nymph Sabrina , in the incidents , and the lyric movement , the spell which Fletcher's genius exercised on Milton . Milton chose the story of the goddess who swayed the Severn stream in compliment to his audience . It suited the scene ...
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... . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . 6.
... . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . COMUS . The first Scene discovers a wild wood . 6.
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... nymph , that gazed upon his clustering locks , With ivy berries wreathed , and his blithe youth , Had by him , ere he parted thence , a son Much like his father , but his mother more , 30 40 50 Whom therefore she brought up , and Comus ...
... nymph , that gazed upon his clustering locks , With ivy berries wreathed , and his blithe youth , Had by him , ere he parted thence , a son Much like his father , but his mother more , 30 40 50 Whom therefore she brought up , and Comus ...
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... the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves . By dimpled brook and fountain - brim , The wood - nymphs , decked with daisies trim , 120 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night ΙΟ COMUS .
... the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves . By dimpled brook and fountain - brim , The wood - nymphs , decked with daisies trim , 120 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night ΙΟ COMUS .
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... nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet - embroidered vale Where the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well : Canst thou not tell me of a gentle ...
... nymph , that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green , And in the violet - embroidered vale Where the love - lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well : Canst thou not tell me of a gentle ...
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