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...Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear ia5 In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry, Such sights as youthfull Poets dream On Summer eeves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage...

...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 youthful Poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon,...

...Milton, "L'Allegro," 1645, 11. 125-28. The lines in Patterson's edition read: There let Hymen oft appear In Saffron robe, with Taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry. See The Works Of John Milton. Vol. 1, Pt. 1. 1931, p. 39. 192.7-10 "Let mirth . . . looks gay"] Nicholas...

...Tenniel. Tenniel's contribution to the book illustrates a pagan festive scene. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, with mask and antique pageantry. It is the critical passage in a poem celebrating the Richard Doyle, illustration to "L'AIIegro," in...

...rings. Thus done the Tales, to bed they creep, 1 1 5 By whispering Winds soon lull'd asleep. Tow'red Cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where...feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique Pageantry — Such sights as youthful Poets dream On Summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod...