The PERSONS. The attendant fpirit, afterwards in the habit of Thyrfis. Comus with his crew. The lady. 1 Brother. 2 Brother. Sabrina the nymph. The chief perfons who prefented, were, The Lord Bracly. Mr. Thomas Egerton his brother.. The Lady Alice Egerton. auha ni buory noissa yulgard barn bland vodylooning di Meron gaitulap art and prodV? The first Scene discovers a wild Wood.. Maw man gud ni The attendant Spirit defcends or enters. BEFORE the ftarry threshold of Jove's court, ut laut A. My manfion is, where thofe immertal fhapes Of bright aereal fpirits live infpher'd In regions mild of calm and ferene air, Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being, feverish being, uneo Unmindful of the crown that To lay their just hands on that golden keybody? But to my talk. Neptune L The unadorned bofom of the deep, What never yet From old or modern bard, in hall or bow'r. 10 avod Bacchus, that firft from out the purple grape Crufht the sweet poyfon of mifufed wine, timu After the Tufcan mariners transform'd, Coafting the Tyrrhene thore, as the winds lifted, cup And downward fell into a groveling fwine) his father, but his mother more, -grown age,qa At last betakes him to this ominous wood, Off'ring to every weary traveller obolka goiwało 14 His orient liquor in a crystal glafs, q To quench the drouth of Phoebus, which as they tafte Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, (gona. But boast themselves more comely than before, 24 And all their friends and native home forget; To roll with pleasure in a sensual stie. Therefore when any favour'd of high Jove, Chances to pass through this adventrous glade, Swift as a fparkle of a glancing ftar oudsh I shoot from heav'n to give him fafe convoy, As now I do but first I must put off Thefe my fky robes fpun out of Iris wooff, And take the weeds and likeness of a fwains of wox. That to the fervice of this houfe belongs, Who with his foft pipe, and fimooth dittied fong, Likelieft, and nearest to the prefent aid in cand souv Of this occafion. But I hear the treaded din E Of hateful fteps, I must be viewlefs now. won ange Comus enters with a charming rod in one hand, his glafs in the other; with him a rout of monster's beaded like fundry forts of wild beasts, but otherwife like men and women, their apparel gliff'ring; they come in making a riotous and unruly noife, with torches in their hands. 124 Comus. The ftar that bids the fhepherd fold, t Now the top of heav'n doth hold, topod bich at bra And the gilded car of day In tal 23 verlom sid doord His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream, And the flop fun bis upward beamspo Shoots against the dusky pole, o Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the cast. Mean while welcome joy, and feast, aliband snot omni Midnight shout, and revelry, Tipfy dance, and jollity. Braid your locks with rofy twine, Strict age, and fowre feverity, With their grave faws in flumber lien de bonn We that are of purer fire Imitate the ftarry quire, Who in their nightly watchful sphears, mod rood Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves; By dimpled brook, and fountain brim, ez ezona je The wood nymphs deckt with daifies trim, and bad Their merry wakes and paftimes keep: What hath night to do with fleep? Night hath better sweets to prove, Hail goddess of nocturnal sport, tidy albax Dark vail'd Cotytto, t whom the fecret flame Of midnight torches burns; myfterious dame, |