...The description is as follows : ........ And ever against eating caret. Lap me in soft Lydian airs ; In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness...all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Let us parallel this with the softness, the winding surface, the unbroken continuance, the easy gradation...

...Shakespear, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever against eating cares, Lap me.in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice thro' mazes running ; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of Harmony: That Orpheus'...

...Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married tc immortal Verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice thro' mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that ty The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus' self...

...stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakspeare, Fancy's Child, Warble his native wood-notes wild....running, .Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden souls of Harmony ; That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heapt Elysian...

...Callow broor,' '^ daisies P«d, Towers and ba/H ? "Vere wid»B<»om'd hth " ™e0tS '' sees .5 IKJUt __~ sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed, and giddy...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumber on a bed Of heap'd Elysian flow'rs, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,...

...Married to immortal verse ; Such as the melting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice...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,...

...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,...

...learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Ai>d ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian...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,...

...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,...