...tales, to bed we creep, By whisp"ring winds soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, ^nd the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and...triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all...

...laden with corn and saltfish" (Goldsmid's reprint, 3, p. 70). LXXI. A Russian Triumph. 117 Towered, cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, 120 In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and...

...blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds...triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all...

...has been too long abused." From these rustic fictions we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of...triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend....

...they creep, By whispering Windes soon luud asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With slore of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both...

...architecture, or the commerce, L'Allegro depicts the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, /...Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that Milton once planned...

...used in the 1645 edition to separate the two clauses: Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold,...triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom...

...defcribed in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both...

...trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Towered cities please us then, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds...triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all...

...fantasy to the mixture. Ford's epigraph is as follows: Towered cities please us then And the busy haunts of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With stores of ladies whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize. It comes from the section in...