...sympathy for the very foibles it laughs at. And who would proscribe mirth from social intercourse, with " Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton...sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides ! " more we habitually feel of the gravity and sadness of life, the more perhaps...

...also show how admirably he could make the measure the vehicle either of the gay or the grave: — " Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee, Jest, and...; Sport that wrinkled care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides." So speaks the poet to Euphrosyne; and now he addresses " divinest Melancholy":...

...debonair' nymph, in all the minuteness of a German dramatis personse, or a rope-dancer's hand-bill :"— " Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful...: Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. " The author, to prove himself worthy of being admitted of the crew, skips...

...heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two-sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore; Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful...it as you go On the light fantastic toe: And in thy right-hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...

...Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's check, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled...as you go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right-hand lead with thee The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty : And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...

...with thee a daughter fair. So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee & Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and...on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; so Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you...

...youthful Jollity, » Samed. t Graceful. MILTON AND IHS DAUGHTERS. J•. 2 Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such...fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty ; ' And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live...

...Heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful...derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. Come, nnd trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain...

...bore: Haste thee, nymph, nnd bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, mid cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such...On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lend with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of...

...the midst of his journey. Rapid rate of utterance : 1. Come, thou nymph ! and bring with thee Mirth and youthful Jollity ; Quips and cranks and wanton...Laughter holding both his sides : Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand bring with thee The mountain nymph, sweet...