 | Charles Bilton - 1868 - 216 pages
...beautiful passage from ' L' Allegro,' he tells us that among the many pleasures of early morning are — To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing, startle...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...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,...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thec, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin...sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph,...sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, 45 And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine: While the cock, with lively diu, Scatters the rear of darkness thin ; 50 And to the stack, or the barn... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 504 pages
...Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; 40 To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle...sweet-briar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine ; While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin ; 50 And to the stack, or the... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 136 pages
...his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, 45 And at my window bid good-morrow, . Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, 50 And to the stack, or the... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pages
...his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, 45 And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, 50 And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 pages
...give thee honour due Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprovdd pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight...sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door,... | |
 | Frederick Edward Hulme - 1877 - 270 pages
...with eglantine." And a very similar aesthetic motive influenced Milton in the familiar passage — " At my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine." H The above has often been cited as one instance of the uncertainty that is at times felt in determining... | |
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To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar or the vine, Or the twisted... 
