By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And bridle in thy headlong wave, Till thou our summons answer'd have. 875 880 885 Listen and save. SABRINA rises, attended by water-nymphs, and sings. By the rushy-fringed bank, Where grows the willow and the osier dank, 890 871 hoary] Virg. Georg. iv. 392. Grandevus Nereus.' Newton. 872 Carpathian] Carpathius vates.' Stat. Ach. i. 136. Val. Flacc. ii. 317. 890 rushy] I would read 'rush-yfringed.' Warton. Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green, That in the channel strays; Whilst from off the waters fleet, Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread; Gentle Swain, at thy request SP. Goddess dear, We implore thy pow'rful hand Of true virgin here distrest, 895 900 905 Through the force, and through the wile SABR. Shepherd, 'tis my office best To help insnared chastity: 893 azurn] Ital. 'azzurino.' Todd. 910 915 894 green] On gems in Sabrina's stream. See Cowley's Silva, p. 46. 897 printless] Shakesp. Temp. act v. s. 1. 'And ye, that on the sands with printless foot. Warton. 907 inchanter] Faer. Q. iii. 12, 31. And her before the vile enchaunter sate.' Todd. 915 rubied] Wither. Mist. of Philarete, (Percy's Rel. iii. 264.) 'Wanton eye or lip of ruby. Todd. Next this marble venom'd seat, Smear'd with gums of glutinous heat, I touch with chaste palms moist and cold: And I must haste ere morning hour To wait in Amphitrite's bow'r. 920 SABRINA descends, and the LADY rises out of her seat. SP. Virgin, daughter of Locrine Sprung of old Anchises' line, From a thousand petty rills, 918 moist] The moone though moist and cold she be.' Randolph's Poems, p. 49. 925 930 924 brimmed] 'brined,' Warburton; a wrong and tasteless alteration: 'brimmed' is connected with the two following lines. Lucret. ii. 362, 'Fluminaque illa queunt, summis labentia ripis.' 930 flood] Sylv. Du Bartas, p. 171. Defil'd the crystal of smooth sliding floods.' Dunster. With many a tow'r and terrace round, With groves of myrrh and cinnamon. Come, Lady, while heav'n lends us grace, Let us fly this cursed place, 935 Lest the sorcerer us entice 940 945 950 955 The Scene changes, presenting Ludlow town and the President's castle; then come in country dancers, after them the ATTENDANT SPIRIT, with the Two BROTHERS, and the LADY. 951 there] So Milton's own edition, the MS. 'near.' SONG. SP. Back, Shepherds, back, enough your play, Till next sunshine holiday; Here be without duck or nod Other trippings to be trod Of lighter toes, and such court guise As Mercury did first devise, With the mincing Dryades, On the lawns, and on the leas. 960 965 Their faith, their patience, and their truth, To triumph in victorious dance O'er sensual folly, and intemperance. 975 960 duck] K. Richard III. act i. sc. 3. Duck with French nods. Warton. 972 hard] Milton is fond of this expression. P. L. iv. 932. 'from hard assays.' P. Reg. i. 264. iv. 478. Todd. |