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Page 117
... L'Allegro , 34 . Is half so fine a sight . Come and trip it as you go Alike all ages ; dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath the ...
... L'Allegro , 34 . Is half so fine a sight . Come and trip it as you go Alike all ages ; dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze ; And the gay grandsire , skill'd in gestic lore , Has frisk'd beneath the ...
Page 245
... L'Allegro , 25 . Festina lente , not too fast ; For haste , the proverb says , makes waste . Butler , Hud.111.1155 . Running together all about , The servants put each other out , Till the great master had decreed , The more haste ...
... L'Allegro , 25 . Festina lente , not too fast ; For haste , the proverb says , makes waste . Butler , Hud.111.1155 . Running together all about , The servants put each other out , Till the great master had decreed , The more haste ...
Page 309
... L'Allegro , 41 . And now the herald lark Left his ground - nest , high tow'ring to descry The morn's approach , and greet her with his song . Up springs the lark , Milton , P. R. II . 279 . Shrill voic'd , and loud , the messenger of ...
... L'Allegro , 41 . And now the herald lark Left his ground - nest , high tow'ring to descry The morn's approach , and greet her with his song . Up springs the lark , Milton , P. R. II . 279 . Shrill voic'd , and loud , the messenger of ...
Page 386
... L'Allegro , 25 . Come , and trip it as you go , On the light fantastic toe . These delights , if thou canst give , Milton , L'Allegro . Mirth , with thee I mean to live . Milton . L'Allegro . Let mirth go on , let pleasure know no pause ...
... L'Allegro , 25 . Come , and trip it as you go , On the light fantastic toe . These delights , if thou canst give , Milton , L'Allegro . Mirth , with thee I mean to live . Milton . L'Allegro . Let mirth go on , let pleasure know no pause ...
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