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from Comus,  by John Milton (1608-1674).
New York:  Doubleday Pace,  no publication date.

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List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations (cont.)

List of Illustrations (cont.)

<br /> Frontispiece:<br /><br />"All amidst the Gardens fair<br /> Of Hesperus, and his daughter three <br /> <br /> That sing about the golden tree."

<br /> Frontispiece:<br /><br />"All amidst the Gardens fair<br /> Of Hesperus, and his daughter three <br /><br /> That sing about the golden tree."

<br /> "And they, so perfect is their misery, <br /><br /> Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, <br /> <br /> But boast themselves more comely than before."

<br /> "And they, so perfect is their misery, <br /><br /> Not once perceive their foul disfigurement, <br /><br /> But boast themselves more comely than before."

<br /> "They com [sic] in making a riotous unruly noise."

<br /> "They com [sic] in making a riotous unruly noise."

<br /> "And on the Tawny Sands and Shelves <br /><br /> Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. "

<br /> "And on the Tawny Sands and Shelves <br /><br /> Trip the pert Fairies and the dapper Elves. "

<br /> "By dimpled Brook, and Fountain brim, <br /><br /> The Wood-Nymphs, deckt with Daisies trim, <br /><br /> Their merry wakes and pastimes keep."

<br /> "By dimpled Brook, and Fountain brim, <br /> <br /> The Wood-Nymphs, deckt with Daisies trim, <br /> <br /> Their merry wakes and pastimes keep."

"The Lady enters."

"The Lady enters."

<br /> " . . . . the Stars <br /><br /> That nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their Lamps <br /> <br /> With everlasting oil, to give due light <br /> <br /> To the misled and lonely Travailer."

<br /> " . . . . the Stars <br /> <br /> That nature hung in Heav'n, and fill'd their Lamps <br /> <br /> With everlasting oil, to give due light <br /> <br /> To the misled and lonely Travailer."

<br /> "Calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire."

<br /> "Calling shapes, and beckning shadows dire."

<br /> "Sweet Echo."

<br /> "Sweet Echo."

<br /> "The flowry-kirtl'd Naiades."

<br /> "The flowry-kirtl'd Naiades."

<br /> "Enter the Two Brothers."  

<br /> "Enter the Two Brothers."

<br /> "Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />"Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /><br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />(repeat)<br /><br /> "Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /><br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />(repeat)<br /><br /> "Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /><br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />(repeat)<br /><br /> "Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /><br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />(repeat)<br /><br /> "Som [sic] say, no evil thing that walks by night <br /><br /> In fog, or fire, by lake or moorish fen, <br /><br /> Blew meager Hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost <br /><br /> That breaks his magick chains at curfeu time; <br /><br /> No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtfull power o're true virginity."

<br />"The huntress Dian."

<br />"The huntress Dian."

<br />"The wonted roar was up amidst the Woods, <br /> <br />And fill'd the Air with barbarous dissonance."

<br />"The wonted roar was up amidst the Woods, <br /><br /> And fill'd the Air with barbarous dissonance."

<br />" . . . . as Daphne was, <br /><br /> Root-bound, that fled Apollo."

<br />" . . . . as Daphne was, <br /><br /> Root-bound, that fled Apollo."

<br />"The Brothers rush in with Swords drawn."

<br />"The Brothers rush in with Swords drawn."

<br />"The water Nymphs, that in the bottom plaid, <br /><br /> Held up their pearled wrists and took her in."

<br />"The water Nymphs, that in the bottom plaid, <br /><br /> Held up their pearled wrists and took her in."

<br />"Sabrina fair <br /><br /> Listen where thou art sitting."

<br />"Sabrina fair <br /><br /> Listen where thou art sitting."

<br />"Fair Ligea."

<br />"Fair Ligea."

<br />"By all the Nymphs that nightly dance <br /><br /> Upon thy streams with wily glance."

<br />"By all the Nymphs that nightly dance <br /><br /> Upon thy streams with wily glance."

<br />"Sabrina rises, attended by water-Nymphs."

<br />"Sabrina rises, attended by water-Nymphs."

<br />"Iris there, with humid bow."

<br />"Iris there, with humid bow."

 

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