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...Jesl and youthful jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's 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...

...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such as hang 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...

...cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. 7512 'L'Allegro' Come, and trip it as ye D ?Ig+S A FWy5Q l7 } i + ֑k S> 3Ɱ& u h )g W ;1 - Q mountain nymph, sweet Liberty. 7513 'L'Allegro' Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in...Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastick toe, Sometimes with secure delight The upland Hamlets will invite, When...

...Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and Wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; 30 Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go...