...warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, no Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass,...

...«lory of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Сапасе to wife, That ou n'd ; ' What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, : And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of tourneys, and of trophies...

...sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musseus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing — Or call up Him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, &c. AKENSIDE, FOR A STATUE OF CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK. SUCH was old CHAUCER, such the placid mien Of him...

...representation of Garbda ginded by a pin, and moving by magic, the prototype of the flying steed of Magellan ; " the wondrous horse of brass, on which the Tartar king did ride ;"and other self-moving machines of celebrity, in oriental and chivalric romance. ' The story of "...

...tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek ! Or call up him that left half-told . While, heard from dale to dale, Waking the breeze, resounds the blended voice Of happy labor, : And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of tourneys, and of trophies...

...as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan...Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, IL PENSEROSO That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which...

...story ofCambwcan bold, OfCamball, and ofAlgarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the vertuous Ring and Glass, And of the wond'rous Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar King did ride. In L'Allegro he exhibits great interest (literary m its associations) in the high life of chivalric...

...central question. The lines continue: [And made Hell grant what Love did seek.] Or call up him who left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball,...Horse of Brass, On which the Tartar King did ride . . . The poet invoked here is of course Chaucer, but as author of the half-told Squire's Tale —...

...153-65; Pound 304-9. THE SQUIRE'S TALE. •——Call up him, chat left half told The story of Carnbusean bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace...horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else great bards beside Or cloudless skies the coming Season show, Where more is meant...

...Sorrow. There are a number of literary echoes in the poem. Line 195 echoes 'II Penseroso', lines 109-10: 'Or call up him that left half told / The story of Cambuscan bold'; line 285 echoes Milton's Paradise Lost, VII, lines 374-5: 'the Pleiades before him danced / Shedding...