...agreeably to the description which Milton has given of these solemnities : Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold,...while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. Such were the entertainments, which not the historian of chivalry, but * the historian of the Roman...

...soon lull'd asleep. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights prize is mine ! While fish in streams, or birds delight...pillow grace a lady's bed, While visits shall Ire There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With...

...then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumph hold ; With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain...while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saflron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast;, and revelry, With...

...And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold , In weeds of peace high triumph hold ; With store of ladies whose bright eyes •...influence, and judge the prize. Of wit or arms, while both con'.end To win her giace, whom ail .commend. There let Hynien oft appear, In saffron r"be, wiih taper...

...of peace high triumph hold ; N, SECT. VIII.] IN READING. 24.\Vith store of ladies, whose bright ejei Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend Toxwin her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear, In saffron robe, with taper clew, And...

...Hero Arthur, held a round table, and celebrated it with dance and tournament, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace, high triumphs hold ; With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Reign influence, and jndge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her gi ace whom all...

...soon lull'd asleep. 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...while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With...

...enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear ». For here it is , that — « Throngs of knights and barons bold , In "weeds of peace , high triumphs...while both contend To win her grace , whom all commend «. To own the truth, it seems as if Beanie , though an enlightened and excellent man , had a little...

...fancy warms into creation, and peoples the empty air with " Throngs of knights, and barons bold," And store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms." We have heard " the lances' shivering crash," — have seen the charging steeds — have beheld them...

...soon lull'd asleep. 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,...while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With...