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" Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter... "
Comus: A Mask - Page 46
by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pages
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The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed ..., Volume 1

John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on HEBE'S cheek, And love to live in...you go On the light fantastic toe, • . And in thy right-hand lead with thee, The mountain-nymph, sweet LIBERTY. And, if I give thee honour due, MIRTH,...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hung on Hehe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding hoth his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...and youthful Jollity , Quips and Cranks , and wanton Wiles, Nods , and Becks and wreathed Smiles j, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek 5 Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides , Come , and trip it as you...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]

1850 - 806 pages
...trochee (' it is KopSaKtuwnpov '), but as this is only an analogy, we appeal to Milton, who in writing, ' Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe,' certainly thought he was using a tripping metre. To us it appears that the English anapaests may be...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...Jeft and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wraathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple fleek; .-."•.• Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his fides, Come, and...
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The familiar poems of Robert Lloyd

Robert Lloyd - 1805 - 314 pages
...neat, While the dear creatures laugh and talk, And can do ev'ry thing—but walk ; Thus you, " who trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe," And in the Ring are ever seen, Or Rotten-Row of Magazine, Will cramp your muse in four-foot verse, And find...
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 pages
...spirits. Johnson. * — Come and go, Each me, tripping on his toe,] So, in Milton's L' Allegro, v. 33: " Come, and trip it as you go " On the light fantastic toe." Steevens. Now come, my Ariel ; bring a corollary,9 Rather than want a spirit; appear, and pertly. —...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Sufh as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple...fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty: And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles,. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in...as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right-hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due. Mirth,...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in...fantastic toe, And in thy right 'hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honor due, Mirth admit me of thy crew To live with...
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