 | James Gregor Grant - 1838 - 316 pages
...Pictou, who certainly, far more than his sombre and overloaded companion, resembled one journeying — " Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold." His scarlet riding attire was of the finest materials which the looms of Flanders could supply, lined... | |
 | John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...creep, 115 By whispering Windes soon lull'd asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie hu mm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, no With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...bed they creep, By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Towered cities please us then, And the busy hum of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
 | John Broadbent - Literary Criticism - 1973 - 364 pages
...blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale. Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize, Of wit, or arms, while both... | |
 | David A. Kent, D. R. Ewen - English literature - 1992 - 428 pages
...fictions we are transported to another species of hum. Tower'd cities please us then, And the busy hum of men. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...they creep, By whispering Windes soon luud asleep. Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With slore of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both... | |
 | Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...the city as a giant, ongoing chivalric entertainment: "Tow'red Cities please us then / And the busy hum of men, / Where throngs of Knights and Barons...bold, / In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 276 pages
...used in the 1645 edition to separate the two clauses: Towred Cities please us then, And the busie humm of men, Where throngs of Knights and Barons bold, In weeds of Peace high triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Chivalry in literature - 2001 - 144 pages
...books of chivalry, but the manners defcribed in them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where...peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both contend To win her grace,... | |
 | Sara Haslam - Literary Criticism & Collections - 2002 - 262 pages
...fantasy to the mixture. Ford's epigraph is as follows: Towered cities please us then And the busy haunts of men, Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With stores of ladies whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize. It comes from the section in... | |
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With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. 
