 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 psl.
...you go, On the light fantaftic toe; And, in thy right .hand, lead with thee The mountain nymph, fweet Liberty { And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit...pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin his flight, And, finging, ftartle the dull night Prom his watch-tow'r in the fties, Till the dappled dawn doth rife... | |
 | John Milton - 1782 - 40 psl.
...as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, 35 The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free; 4o To hear the Lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night ; From his watch-tow'r in... | |
 | John Milton, Thomas Warton - 1799 - 148 psl.
...it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...Then to come in spite of Sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Through the sweet-brier, or the vine,' Or the twisted eglantine; While the cock with lively... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 psl.
...give.thee honour due, . . Mirth, admit me of thy crew, . .j To live with her, and live with the*, , In unreproved pleasures free ^ To hear the lark begin...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise, And then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweetbriar, or... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 psl.
...it as you go, On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free. No. 251. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18. Lingua centum sunt, oraque centum, Ferrea -cox.— — • VIRG. JL... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 psl.
...sudden terrour, surprise, or alarm. Such whisp'ring wak'd ner,but with ttart/eJeje On Adam. Miltai. To hear the lark begin his flight, ' And singing startle...watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise. M;!:,,,,. The suppositionthatangelsassumebodiej needs not itartlt us, since some of the most ancient... | |
 | 1806 - 408 psl.
...love to live in dimple sleek ;, Sport that wrinkled care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic...flight, And singing startle the dull night; From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come hi spite of sorrow, And at... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 psl.
...And in thy right 'hand lead with thee, The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honor due, Mirth admit me of thy crew To live with her,...flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his wateh-tower in the skies, Till the dappled' Dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of Sorrow, And at... | |
 | William Enfield - 1808 - 434 psl.
...trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe, And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty ; And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth,...unreproved pleasures free ; To hear the lark begin And singing startle the From his watch tower in the skies, 'Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 490 psl.
...holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go. On the light fantastic toe, And, in thy right hand, lead with thee, The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty...flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tow'r in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise ; Then to come in spite of sorrow, And at... | |
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To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise... 
