On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, The musk-rose, and the well-attir'd woodbine, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. 145 150 Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. 188 swart] See Warton's note on this word. 168 dally] Gayton's Chartæ Scriptæ, p. 21. 'When our fond thoughts are wearied with the sports 160 158 monstrous] The sea, the world of monsters. Hor. Od. I. 8. 18. Virg. Æn. vi. 729. 'Quæ marmoreo fert monstra sub æquore pontus.' Warton. Where the great vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth, And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth. 166 Weep no more, woful Shepherds, weep no more, And tricks his beams, and with new spangled ore In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. 175 167 watery floor] Dante Purg. ii. 15. 'Sovra 'l suol marino.' Davison's Poet. Rhapsodie, p. 78. 169 repairs] Lidgate's Troy, p. 13, Long ere Titan 'gan make his repaire.' Browne's Brit. Past. p. 88, 'Breathes to the sullen night a soft repayre.' See Fletcher's Christ's Victory, ii. 12; and the Adamus Exul Grotii, p. 28, 35; and Marino's Slaugh. of the Innoc. p. 45. 'His light immortal doth repair.' And Lucret. v. 732. 171 forehead] 'Oft seen in forehead of the frowning skies.' Sylvest. Du Bartas, p. 25. 177 blest] Past Egl. on Sir P. Sidney's death, by L. E. ver. 135. 'Phillisides is dead! O happie sprite, That now in heaven with blessed soules doest bide, There entertain him all the saints above, 180 185 Thus sang the uncouth swain to th' oaks and rills, While the still morn went out with sandals gray 191 190 See Past. Egl. on Sir P. Sidney's death, by L. B. ver. 159. 'The sun, lo! hastned hath his face to steep In western waves; and th' aire with stormy showres, 198 To-morrow] Fletcher's P. Island, c. vi. s. 77. 'To-morrow shall ye feast in pastures new.' Warton. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born! In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights Find out some uncouth cell, [unholy, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous And the night-raven sings; [wings, There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. 10 But come thou Goddess fair and free, In heav'n y-clep'd Euphrosyne, The frolic wind that breathes the spring, 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. Warbur ton. Zephyr with Aurora playing, And fresh-blown roses washt in dew, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. 20 Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee 25 Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, 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. Bowle. 24 buxom 'To make one blithe, buxome, and deboneer.' Randolph Aristippus, p. 310, ed. 1662. Todd. 90 26 28 Nods] With becks, and nods, and smiles againe.' Burton's An. of Melanch. p. 449 (ed. 1628). Warton. 38 Come] Shakes. Tempest, act iv. sc. 1. Come and go, Each one tripping on his toe.' Newton. |