 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.  Miltoni Comus - Page 18by John Milton - 1863 - 121 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1853 - 380 pages
...and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain-brim, The Wood-Nymphs, deck'd with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What hath Night to do with Sleep ?2 Night hath better sweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come, let us our rights begin... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...and the dapper elves. By dimpled brook and fountain-brim, The Wood-Nymphs, deck'd with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What hath Night to do with Sleep ?2 Night hath better sweets to prove ; Venus now wakes, and wakens Love. Come, let us our rights begin... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...their fmny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; Yet nought but single darkness do I find. 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, Their merry wakes aud pastimes keep ; What... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 pages
...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 trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What hath night to do with sleep ?... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1316 pages
...dance and jollity. * • By dimpled brook and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastimes keep : What hath night to do with sleep? Come, knit hands, and beat the ground, In a light fantastic round. The lady who is lost " in the blind... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...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. 1 See Ps. xix. 5. By dimpled brook, and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim, Their... | |
 | John Milton - 1858 - 106 pages
...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...dimpled brook, and fountain brim, The wood-nymphs, decked with daisies trim. Their merry wakes and pastimes keep ; What hath night to do with sleep ?... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1858 - 350 pages
...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 deck'd with daisies trim, Their merry wakes and pastime keep. • » » * • Come, knit hands, and beat the ground In a light... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1860 - 240 pages
...Tartar was dead, they were very sorry, and they did not think it babyish to cry. WILLIE'S DREAM. " And on the tawny sands and shelves Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves." Comus. ONE morning, Willie and Harry came softly into the nursery, not talking and laughing, but whispering,... | |
 | England - 1860 - 532 pages
...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 trim, Their merry wakes and pastime keep. Come, knit hands, and beat the ground... | |
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