| James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 316 Seiten
...Pictou, who certainly, far more than his sombre and overloaded companion, resembled one journeying — " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold." His scarlet riding attire was of the finest materials which the looms of Flanders could supply, lined... | |
| Catharine Harbeson Waterman - 1839 - 284 Seiten
...She runs, but hopes she does not run unseen. POPE. Tower'd 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 store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
| John Milton - 2000 - 412 Seiten
...creep, 115 By whispering Windes soon lull'd asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie hu mm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, no With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while... | |
| 1909 - 502 Seiten
...bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
| John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 Seiten
...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 of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
| David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - 1992 - 428 Seiten
...fictions we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
| John Milton - 1926 - 360 Seiten
...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... | |
| Peter C. Herman - 1996 - 294 Seiten
...the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, / Where throngs of Knights and Barons...bold, / In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that... | |
| Stephen B. Dobranski - 1999 - 276 Seiten
...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, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both... | |
| Thomas Warton - 2001 - 144 Seiten
...books of chivalry, but the manners defcribed in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where...peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both contend To win her grace,... | |
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