...poetical description of what is sublime or awful. Of this we have an instance in Milton's L' Allegro: Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...cell, Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous \rings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low - brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy...

...last he rose, and twitch'd his mantle blue: To-morrow to fresh woods, and pastures new. L' ALLEGR 0. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...and sights unholy ! •Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the mght-raven sings; There under ebon shades,...

...prophetic strain. These pleasures Melancholy give, 175 And I with thee will choose to live. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...shrieks, and sights unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades,...

...cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings,...the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. 10 But come thou Goddess...

...Black, fearful, comfortlest, and horrible. SHAKSPEARE. The blacke and doleful ebonie. SPENSER'S ELEGY. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, /// dark...

...thought, and faney. In foree of style no one, we think, hss ever approached him. MILTON. L'ALLBGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...raven sings; There under ebon shades, and low brow'd roeks, As ragged as thy loeks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess, fair and...

...requires a lower tone of voice, and a sameness nearly approaching to a monotone, to give it variety. Hence ! loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades and £ino-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. . In repeating this...

...beauty of description, thought, and faney. In foree of style no. one, we think, has ever approached him. In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and...raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low brow'd roeks, As ragged as thy loeks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou Goddess, fair and...

...like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again. L'ALLEGRO ; OR, THE MERRY MAN.— Milton. Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...night raven sings ; There, under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As rugged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou goddess...

...prophetic strain. These pleasures Melancholy give, 175 And I with thee will choose to live. L'ALLEGRO. HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest...shrieks, and sights unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, 5 Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night raven sings ; There under ebon shades,...