...Fast by hell-gate, and kept the fatal key, Risen, and with hideous outcry rush'd between. L'ALLEGRO. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads her jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks As ragged...

...Fast by hell-gate, and kept the fatal key, Risen, and with hideous outcry rush'd between. L'ALLEGRO. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads her jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks As ragged...

...Fast by hell-gate, and kept the fatal key, Risen, and with hideous outcry rush'd between. L'ALLEGRO. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads her jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks As ragged...

...last he rose, and twitched his mantle blue ; To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. L'ALLEGRO.1 HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy : 1 L'Allegro — " The cheerful man." The design of this, and the following poem is to represent in...

...Fast by hell-gate, and kept the fatal key, Risen, and with hideous outcry rush'd between. L'ALLEGRO. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongat horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness...

...as in the lines following. EXAMPLES. Hence! loathed melancholy! Where brooding darkness spreads her jealous wings, And the night raven sings; There, , under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In deep Cimmerian darkness ever dwell. IV. ACCENT. In every...

...is altogether despicable, and what kind of mirth is worthless. " The cheerful man " exclaims — " Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy !" But " the pensive man," in his invocation, expresses the true character of that thoughtfulness which...

...new-style, reflect a freer attitude of the mind toward the fictions it entertains. The change from Hence loathed Melancholy Of Cerberus, and blackest...'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy to Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, Sober, stedfast, and demure recapitulates the entire Renaissance...

...whose age at least, and staid matron-like appearance, might have entitled her to more civil language. Hence loathed Melancholy; Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, &c. There is no giving rules, however, in these matters, without a knowledge of the case. Perhaps the...

...gone; L'Aflegro46 Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus47 and blackest Midnight born In Stygian48 cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and...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...