...1608-74. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melaneholy, Of Cerberus and blaekest Midnight bom, In Stygian eave uneouth eell, M 'here brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There...

...increase : His letters are deliver'd all and gone, Only remains this superscription. XIII. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks. But come thou goddess fair and free, In...

...strode. MILTON. 40. Opening of L' Allegro. GAIETY OF MANNER : 1 Scorn and Aversion ; " Delight and Love. 'Hence! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus, and blackest...brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian...

...follows, is among the finest beauties of composition. EXAMPLE. Hence ! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerbefiis, and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn,...brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There, ur.der ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark...

...of Greece : Return in all thy simple state ; Confirm the tales thy sons relate. Collins. L ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, [unholy ! 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding...

...soul O'er which his melancholy sits on brood.' Milton also, in L' Allegro, desires Melancholy to — ' Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings.' Srooded may be used for brooding, as delighted for delighting, and discontented for discontenting,...

...dejection, gloom, vapours, moroseness, heaviness, and melancholy; all of them begotten, like the last, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy. 18 Such is the origin of melancholy, as given by Milton, in his Allegro, or ode to Mirth; but in his...

...laws : O let each Muse's fame increase ! O bid Britannia rival Greece ! WAR TON CHAP. XVI. L' ALLEGRO. HENCE loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus, and blackest...cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sighs unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the...

...see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight. II.— I? Allegro, or the Merry Man. — MILTON. HENCE, loathed Melancholy ; Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'JVlongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy Find out some uncouth cell, Wheie brooding...

...gorgeous East, with richest hand, , Showers, on her kings barbaric, pearF and gold', Satan exalted sat. 2. Hence ! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark...