...reminded of the mingled triumph and pathos of that exquisite stanza in the " Hymn to the Nativity : "— " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...heard and loud lament; From haunted spring, and dale Edg'd with poplar pale, The parting genius is with sighing sent: With flower-inwoven tresses torn The...

...leaving; No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent, With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.' 1 Scarcely less...

...leaving. No mighty trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...pale, The parting genius is with sighing sent: With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. In consecrated...

...leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent, With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. XXI. In consecrated...

...leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore...pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent: With flower-inwoven tresses torn, The nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. And sullen Moloch,...

...from the prophetic cell. i$o On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ii¿ xx The lonely mountains o're, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring, and dale Edg'd with poplar pale, i8¿ The parting Genius is with sighing sent, With flowre-inwov'n tresses torn...

...more magical than any other of Milton's poems, and of a style that is matchless in our literature : " The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore...heard and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale, Edg'd with poplar pale, The parting genius is with sighing sent. With flower inwoven tresses torn The...

...leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. XX The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. iS The Pathfinder...

...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the sleep of Delphos leaving. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore,...pale, The parting genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thicket mourn. Through the Christian's...

...sighing sent, With flowre-inwoven tresses torne, The Nimphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn. A voice of weeping heard and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale, Edged with poplar pale The whole weight of this feeling is behind all the descriptions of Eden. Milton's language about stars...