...pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount: or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...the moon Sits arbitress; and, nearer to the earth, 785 Wheels her pale course : they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music, charm his ear...

...a little later, at the close of the first book of Paradise Lost, Milton speaks of •' Fairy elves Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain,...arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear: At once with joy and fear...

...side 1 Thus, also, in The Merry Wives of Windsor— " You moonshine revellers, and shades of night. " Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...sees, while overhead 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, 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...arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his...

...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...arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course; they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. At once with joy and fear his...

...the 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...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...