 Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.  L'allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas - Page 18by John Milton - 1901 - 130 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1866 - 376 pages
...years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; i«, And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook, and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs deck'd with daisies trim, no Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...their flocks. t Saws, saying.i, maxims. • Choir. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice* move ; And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert faeries and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain brim The Wood-Nymphs decked with daisies... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...which belongs to the Celtic element of our langunge. We now use it in the sense Ql forward) saucy: " On the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves." itato* "Awake thopert and nimble spirit of mirth." Midsummer Night's Dream, I. 1. 17. Rousing her&dflike... | |
 | Max Ring - 1868 - 342 pages
...Severity, With their grave saws, in slumber lie. ****** The Bounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move; And, on...fountain-brim, The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep: What hath night to do with sleep f Night hath better sweets to... | |
 | John Milton - 2000 - 412 pages
...Sphears, Lead in swift round the Months and Years. The Sounds, and Seas with all their finny drove us Now to the Moon in wavering Morrice move, And on the...Fairies and the dapper Elves; By dimpled Brook, and Fountain brim, The Wood-Nymphs deckt with Daisies trim, 120 Their merry wakes and pastimes keep: What... | |
 | 1901 - 832 pages
...winding Rhine. (Byron. ) Lowly Thais sits beside thee : Take the good the gods provide thee. (Dryden.) And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. (Milton.) He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown.... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the Moon in wavering morrice move ; And on...fountain-brim, The Wood-Nymphs, decked with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep: What hath night to do with sleep? Night hath better sweets to... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 pages
...and speaks a passage that includes the following: "The sounds and seas with all their finny drove/ Now to the moon in wavering morrice move,/ And on...shelves/ Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves" (11. 115-18). 49.16/50.7 AND NO MORE TURN ASIDE AND BROOD From Yeats's pOCITi "Who Goes with Fergus?"... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
.... . . Meanwhile, welcome joy and feast, Midnight shout and revelry, Tipsy dance and jollity. . . . Now to the moon in wavering morrice move, And on the...shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves. CHIL II.— O By dimpled brook and fountain brim The wood-nymphs, deck'd with daisies trim, Their merry... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...of Comus's speech, as the imagery serves to suggest: The Sounds, and Seas with all their finny drove Now to the Moon in wavering Morrice move, And on the...Shelves, Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. [115-18] It is a wavering morris dance, indeed; these irregularities form a striking contrast with... | |
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