 Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry ; Such sights as...  Selections from the British Poets - Page 92edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Miscellany poems - 1716 - 426 pages
...influence, and judge the prife Of Wit, or ATITIS, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend, There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry, Such fights as youthful Poets dream On Summer... | |
 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1716 - 424 pages
...influence, and judge the pri(e Of Wit, or Arms, while both conrend To win her Grace, whom all commend, There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry,, With mask, and anrique Pageantry, Such fighrs as youth(ul Poers dream On Summer... | |
 | John Milton - 1725 - 372 pages
...influence, and judge the prize Of Wit or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feaft, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry, "Such fights as youthful Paets dream On Summer... | |
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 pages
...Of wit or arms, whil both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear 126 In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast,...revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthsul poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. i3o Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper...haunted stream, Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - English poetry - 1802 - 152 pages
...contend -rtt To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ' In saffron robe, and taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry With...antique pageantry? Such sights as youthful poets dream Oh summer eves, by haunted stream. " Then we seek the pleasures of the city, where knights and barons... | |
 | John Wolcot - English poetry - 1804 - 180 pages
...influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let HYMEN oft appear In saffron robe, with taper...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If JONSOU'S learned sock be on, Or sweetest SHAKSPEARE, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
..., and judge the prize Of 'wit , or arms , while both contend To win her grace , whom all commend : There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe , -with taper clear ; And Pomp , and Feast , and Rtfvelry , \Vith Mask and antique Pageantry, Such sights as yeuthful poets dream , On summer eves by... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...The shoe of the ancient comick actors, taken in poems for comedy> and op> posed to buskin or tragedy. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, i ' Or sweetest Shakspcare, fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. Milton, Great Fletcher... | |
 | Thomas Tomkins - English literature - 1806 - 338 pages
...judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hyinen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And...haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Johnson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, fancy's child, ' Warble his native wood-notes... | |
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