...spirits rest; And meditate;—and beg to have A quiet passage to a welcome grave. 1 Fairy elves Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some...Or dreams he sees, while, overhead, the moon Sits arbitress.I know a bank, whereon the wild thyme blows, Where oxslip and the nodding violet grows, O'ercanopied...

...Milton, in conformity with these passages, describes his bin isri1 scene :— " Faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side. Or fountain, some...sees. Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitrées, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent,...

...like that Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount, or Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels, by a Forrest side Or Fountain some belated Peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over head the Moon Sits Arbitress, and neerer to the Earth Wheels her pale course ... (1, 777-786)...

...and critical implications: see above, pp. 86 II. Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels, by a Forrest side Or Fountain some belated Peasant sees, Or dreams...sees, while over-head the Moon Sits Arbitress, and neerer to the Earth Wheels her pale course, they on thir mirth and dance Intent, with jocond Music...

...like that Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount, or Faerie Elves, Whose midnight Revels, by a Forrest side Or Fountain some belated Peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over head the Moon Sits Arbitress, and neerer to the Earth Wheels her pale course [1.780-86] Thus from...

...that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount, or faerie elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he...ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. (Paradise Lost 1.m-88)30 The transformation of the rebel angels is at once unbelievable and true —...

...that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount, or faerie elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbi tress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with...

...skin, and carried them to Eurystheus. Milton uses the Pygmies for a simile in Paradise Lost, Book i : (Or dreams he sees), while overhead the moon Sits...ear. At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. THE GRIFFIN, OR GRYPHON The Griffin is a monster with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an...

...nocturnal pastoral experiences of his childhood but the May Day world of Paradise Lost, Book 1, Whose midnight Revels, by a forest side Or Fountain some...sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the Moon Wheels her pale course21 In his Autobiography Clare wrote of the 'religion' of his childhood: On Sundays...

...the mine. (Comus, 432 sq.) (2) Like that Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount, or Faery Elves, Whose midnight Revels, by a Forest side Or Fountain some belated Peasant sees . . . (Paradise Lost, i, 780 sq.) (3) And Ladies of th' Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd...