 | 1845 - 564 psl.
...imagery, knew better than any other man how to clothe them, according to his own beautiful expression, '' In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness,...With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all tlie chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ;" when we see... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 292 psl.
...bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie...That Orpheus' self may heave his head From golden slumbers on a bed Of heap' dElysian flowers and hear Such strains as would have won the ear Of Pluto,... | |
 | 1924 - 978 psl.
...ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. It soothes his sorrows : Lap me in soft Lydian airs . . . Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with...a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out . . . The melting voice through mazes running. Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 psl.
...the daily trials and petty annoyances of life, exclaims : — " Ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, ' Married to immortal verse ; '...wanton heed, and giddy cunning. The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony." There is an... | |
 | Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1910 - 260 psl.
...carefully, paying special attention to the meaning and suggestion of italicised words : (a) Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such...long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning. (6) Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes' or Pelops'... | |
 | Peter le Huray, James Day - 1988 - 420 psl.
...another. The description is as follows: And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs; In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony. Let us parallel... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 psl.
...And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings. (1. 105-1 14) 24 Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such...With wanton heed and giddy cunning. The melting voice through mazes running. Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; (1. 136-144)... | |
 | Peter C. Herman - 1996 - 294 psl.
...poetry with strong (and not very subtle) warnings to regard L'Allegro's desires skeptically: Lap me in soft Lydian Airs, Married to immortal verse. Such...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus'... | |
 | Joshua Scodel - 2002 - 388 psl.
...most sensual encounter in L' Allegro is with poetic song: And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as...wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running. (11. 135-142) Here Milton describes a genuine communion, the "meeting" that... | |
 | John Milton - 2003 - 1084 psl.
...Shakespeare, fancy's child, Warble his native Wood-notes wild. And ever against eating Cares, 135 Lap me in soft Lydian Airs, Married to immortal verse, Such...a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, 140 With wanton heed, and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running; Untwisting all the... | |
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And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through... 
