...mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty; And, if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To five ange ; Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk...Pontus or the Punic coast, or where Aleinous reign'd, ; 'inn to come, in spite of sorrow. And at my window bid good-morrow, rhrough the sweet-brier, or the...

...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,...Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock with lively...

...nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, irad live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free ; To...the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to conic, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweet-briar or the vine, Or...

...holding both his sides. Come, and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastick toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph sweet Liberty ;...thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved3 pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night,...

...holding both his 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 live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free." The words "unreproved pleasures," ie " innocent pleasures," explain the only limit Milton here sets...

...away! Admittedly some of the words are hard, but there is no doubting the enthusiasm and the delight. To hear the lark begin his flight And, singing, startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. JOHN MILTON Dappled dawn . . . what a lovely combination of words and sounds! Dappled is with most...

...have done it. The beguiling "L'Allegro" trips into grammatical confusion: And if I give thee honor due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her,...doth rise; Then to come in spite of sorrow And at rny window bid good-morrow. Who comes or is to come? Is it the lark? Is it L'Allegro himself? Is it...

...holding both his 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 live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 40 To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, starde the dull night, From his watch-tower in...

...with her, and live with thee,0 In unreproved pleasures free;0 40 To hear the lark begin his flight,0 And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower...Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow,0 Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. While the cock with lively...

..."The smaller Lark they eate all at one bite."65 In Milton's L 'Allegro, the sprightly speaker rises To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle...Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine. [410^8] One might recall...