Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter... Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ... - Page 11by John Aikin - 1841 - 807 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...cranks, nnd wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love^o live in dimple sleek, Sport that wrinkled Care derides,...fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee. The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. And if I give thee 'honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live... | |
| Anna Callender Brackett - American poetry - 1909 - 374 pages
...met her once a-Maying — There on beds of violets blue And fresh-blown roses washed in dew Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe,...fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honor due Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with... | |
| Robert Maynard Leonard - English poetry - 1909 - 636 pages
...tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. J. MILTON (Paradise Lost, Bk. iii). 659. FROM ' L' ALLEGRO ' HASTE thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful...fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The Mountain Nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live... | |
| Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1909 - 254 pages
...enjoyment of the gaiety of life is seen in the well-known and charming lines to the spirit of Mirth : " Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful...fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph; sweet Liberty." Nor does any prejudice or latent antagonism debar him from deeply feeling... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1910 - 720 pages
...he met her once a-Maying, There on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe,...the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead witl thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty: And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1910 - 524 pages
...her with thee a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thec Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and...hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty 5 And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee,... | |
| John Milton - 1910 - 408 pages
...smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; 30 Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,...mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures... | |
| English poetry - 1911 - 784 pages
...met her once a-Maying, There, on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe,...mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures... | |
| Robert D. Blackman - American literature - 1912 - 1230 pages
...met her once a-Maying, There, on beds of violets blue, And fresh-blown roses wash'd in de\v. Fili'.l her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe,...fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live... | |
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