...delight. by Mr. Booth, of Corpus Christi, Hurd. not in the published Collection. XIII. L 'Allegro. H.ENCE loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy, * This and the following poem are exquisitely beautiful in themselves, but appear much more beautiful,...

...increase : His letters are deliver'd all and gone, Only remains this superscription. XIII. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks. But come thou goddess fair and free, In Heav'n yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth,...

...strode. MILTON. 40. Opening of L' Allegro. GAIETY OF MANNER : 1 Scorn and Aversion ; " Delight and Love. 'Hence! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus, and blackest...brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian...

...follows, is among the finest beauties of composition. EXAMPLE. Hence ! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerbefiis, and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn,...brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There, ur.der ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark...

...laws : O let each Muse's fame increase ! O bid Britannia rival Greece ! WAR TON CHAP. XVI. L' ALLEGRO. HENCE loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus, and blackest...cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sighs unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the...

...gorgeous East, with richest hand, , Showers, on her kings barbaric, pearF and gold', Satan exalted sat. 2. Hence ! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark...

...Attired with stars, we shall forever sit, Triumphing over Death, and Chance, and thee, O Time. L'ALLEORO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, AVhere brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings; There under ebon shades...

...conjectures that the right reading may be ' the studious cloister's pale.' ie enclosure. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights Find out some uncouth cell, [unholy, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous And the night raven...

...poetical description of what is sublime or awful. Of this we have an instance in Milton's L' Allegro: Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...cell, Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous \rings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low - brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy...

...last he rose, and twitch'd his mantle blue: To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. L' ALLEGR 0. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...and sights unholy ! •Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the mght-raven sings; There under ebon shades,...