...descriptive Muse. No passage in II Penseroso is perhaps equally happy with the following in L'Allegro: And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. But if my judgment were to decide, I should award the palm, though with some hesitation, to II Penseroso....

...child., Warble his native wood-notes wild. ^ And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian air?, Married to immortal verse; Such as the meeting soul...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,...

...sweetest Shakspeare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood notes wild. And ever against eating cares, 13,5 Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse,...a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, 140 of this line as regarding the moon; and the five next lines tend to warrant the general contents...

...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tic The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed...

...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,...

...against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting sonl may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked...the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony: That Orpheus1 self may have the head From golden slamber, on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such...

...parti ; and between ui, we boasted, that we made up the entire phenomenon."— LEIOH HOST'S BYBO.N. In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony," so illustrated as in the last line of Gay'i " Black-eyed Susan," — " Adieu ! she cried, and waved...

...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on; Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....That Orpheus' self may heave his head, From golden slumber, on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,...

...Johnson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft...giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running s Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony : Thjg^rpheus' self may heave his head...

...airs-, Married to immortal verse. Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a iviudir.g bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton...hidden soul of Harmony : That Orpheus' self may heave 4iis head From golden slumber, on a bed Of heap "d Eljsian flowers, and hear Such strains as would...