.../ have escaped the commentators of our divine Bard. Mil- ^ ton is invoking Mirth to bring with her, and becks, and wreathed smiles, " Such as hang on..." Sport that wrinkled care derides, " And Laughter holding both his sides." L'Alleg.28. " When this exquisita assemblage was formed, it is more than probable...

...debonair. Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as...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,...

...debonair. Hasle thee nymph, and bring with tbee Jesl and youthful jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such...cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrincled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Com, ana trip it as ye go On the light...

...patterns between the extremes of "Come pensive Nun, devout and pure, / Sober, steadfast, and demure" and "Come, and trip it as you go / On the light fantastic toe" was widely acknowledged as a metrical tour de force defining the inherent virtues of the form. The...

...poets: Haste thee nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such...on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sort that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go, On...

...vistoria: victory! Tripping on light fantastic toe: alluding to Milton's 'L' Allegro' (I645), ll. 33-4: 'Come, and trip it as you go / On the light fantastic toe'. II i Don Devil: italics indicate quotation of Belfield's speech above, p. I09. Goddess of Wisdom and...

...associated with perpetual youth. This reference to her implicitly invokes Milton's 'L'Allegro', lines 28-30. Nods and Becks and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek. 'That might . . . scann'd': unidentified. 33 epigraph: As You Like It, II. i. 3-7. 35 To the Visions...

...unused titles, I should like to leave my readers with the following quotation: Sport, that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter, holding both his sides. Come...and trip it, as you go, On the light fantastic toe. John Milton, _L 'Allegro The Author, the Editor and the Publisher all hope that this book has given...

...is also sixth of the counted asteroids. Milton, in L 'Allegro, summons Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe's cheeks, Sport, that wrinkled care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Shakespeare, in Antony...

...a verse in Milton's L'Allegro that may have inspired Morris to craft this highly innovative dance: "Come, and trip it as you go, on the light fantastic toe." His dancers can trip the light fantastic with the best of them, as was amply proved in the opening...