 Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings...  Comus: A Mask - Page 45by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eliphalet L. Rice - American literature - 1846 - 432 pages
...noon-day about him, in the other, the shades of night. L'ALLEGRO. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerebus and blackest midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn,...spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks. As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...of Greece ; Return in all thy simple state ; Confirm the tales her sons relate. COLLINS. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unFind out some uncouth cell, [holy ; Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...If envy or age had not frozen your blood, At the sorrow of my sweet pipings. L' ALLEGRO. — Milton. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights un holy, Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...and blackest midnight bom, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sight« ine eyes \ But thou art ready there to catch My mourning...soul and sacrifice, Then we must needs for that day ; There under ebon shades, and -low-brow'd rocke, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...House at Forest НШ, near Orford ; the scenery around which is described in L' Allegro. L' Allegro. r talk, I asked her, why she would lose such pastime in the park Î Smiling, she answered 'Hongst horrid shapes, and ehriekj, and sights unholy ; Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...is altogether despicable, and what kind of mirth is worthless. " The cheerful man " exclaims — " Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy !" But " the pensive man," in his invocation, expresses the true character of that thoughtfulness which... | |
 | Geoffrey H. Hartman - English poetry - 1987 - 281 pages
...new-style, reflect a freer attitude of the mind toward the fictions it entertains. The change from Hence loathed Melancholy Of Cerberus, and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy to Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure recapitulates the entire Renaissance... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - English literature - 1992 - 428 pages
...whose age at least, and staid matron-like appearance, might have entitled her to more civil language. Hence loathed Melancholy; Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, &c. There is no giving rules, however, in these matters, without a knowledge of the case. Perhaps the... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...gone; L'Aflegro46 Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus47 and blackest Midnight born In Stygian48 cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and...spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert49 ever... | |
 | Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...rejections in imaginative terms. L'Allegro's opening words ("Hence loathed Melancholy / Of Cerebus and blackest midnight born, / in Stygian Cave forlorn...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy" [1-4] echo the association in Renaissance psychological texts between creativity and the diseased imagination.... | |
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