But kerchef'd in a comely cloud, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke 125 130 135 140 Thy liquid notes that close the eye of day.' Warton. 150 146 dewy] Liquidique potentia somni.' Val. Flac. iv. 18. 'Irriguus somnus.' Plaut. Ep. i. ii. 18. 'Dewy sleep.' Henry More's Poems, p. 263. 148 Wave] Consult Warton's note on the structure of thora lis And as I wake, sweet music breathe In service high, and anthems clear, As 155 160 may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, 165 And bring all heav'n before mine eyes. 170 175 156 pale] Warton conjectures that the right reading may be 'the studious cloister's pale,' i. e. enclosure. L'ALLEGRO. 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, 5 Where brooding Darkness 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 dwell. But come thou Goddess fair and free, The frolic wind that breathes the spring, 10 15 1 Hence] Compare Marston's Scourge of Villanie, b. iii. s. 10. (ed. 1598.) 'Sleepe grim reproof,' &c. Warton. 5 uncouth] 'Searcht out the uncouth cell of thy abode.' Val. Welshman, 1615, act iv. s. 6. Todd. 10 Cimmerian] Miltoni Prolus. 'Dignus qui Cimmeriis occlusus tenebris longam, et perosam vitam transigat.' Warton. 15 two] Meat and Drink, the two sisters of Mirth. Warburton. Zephyr with Aurora playing, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in dew, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, And love to live in dimple sleek; And in thy right hand lead with thee To live with her, and live with thee, 22 wash'd] Shakesp. Tam. of Shrew, act ii. sc. 1. 'As morning roses newly wash'd with dew.' Bowle. 24 buxom] 'To make one blithe, buxome, and deboneer.' Randolph Aristippus, p. 310, ed. 1662. Todd. 28 Nods] With becks, and nods, and smiles againe.' Burton's An. of Melanch. p. 449 (ed. 1628). Warton. 33 Come] Shakes. Tempest, act iv. sc. 2. 6 Come and go, Each one tripping on his toe.' Newton. VOL. II. 37 To hear the lark begin his flight, 42 dull] K. Hen. V. act iv. chorus, 'Piercing the night's dull ear.' 46 good morrow] Browne's Brit. Past. iii. 2. Steevens. 'Twice bid good morrow to the nether world.' 50 Scatters] Gallum noctem explodentibus alis.' Lucret. iv. 714. 54 morn] Habington's Castora, p. 8, ed. 1640. rouse the morne, With the shrill musicke of the horne.' Warton. |