 Come, and trip it as you go On the light 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 with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...  Allegro und Penseroso - Page 8by John Milton - 1782 - 31 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1826 - 310 pages
...it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with tbee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty. And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the... | |
 | Henry John Todd - 1826 - 458 pages
...into the train of the true Euphrosyne : • " In thy right hand lead with thee " The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; " And, if I give thee honour due,...and live with thee, " In unreproved pleasures free." It seems uncandid in Dr. Johnson to have ridiculed the academick institutions of Milton with the title... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 484 pages
...into the train of the true Euphrosyne: •" In thy right hand lead with thee " The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; " And, if I give thee honour due,...and live with thee, " In unreproved pleasures free." It seems uncandid in Dr. Johnson to have ridiculed the academick institutions of Milton with the title... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - 1826 - 242 pages
...the light fantastic toe, And, in thy right hand, lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty j And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free. MILTON. • 41. Opening of II Pensieroso. SOLEMNITY or MANNEK: 1 Scorn and Aversion mingled with Pity... | |
 | John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...it, as you go, On the light 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 with her, and live with thcc, In unreproved pleasures free. To hear the lark begin his flight, \nd singing startle the dull... | |
 | William Enfield - 1827 - 412 pages
...it as you go On the light 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 with her, and live with theey In unreproved pleasures free : To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1828 - 432 pages
...sides. Come and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe : And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty : And if I give...thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In onreproved pleasures, free. V Allegro, v. 1 1 , &c. XXXV. WIT. Ut pictura poesis erit Hor. Ars Poet.... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1828 - 144 pages
...volume under strain he avows his attachment now and at the opening of the poem. Then it was, — ' If I give thee honour due, Mirth admit me of thy crew.' But having, it should seem, established his pretensions, he now thinks it sufficient notice, that he... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 pages
...sides. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee...of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, DCCXXV. Books, while they teach us to respect the interests of others, often make us unmindful of our... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pages
...it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free." The words "unreproved pleasures," ie " innocent pleasures," explain the only limit Milton here sets... | |
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