 | Peter C. Herman - History - 1996 - 294 pages
...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...Peace high triumphs hold, / With store of Ladies" (11. 1 12-20). L'Allegro's depiction sounds innocuous, especially since we know that Milton once planned... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 276 pages
...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...triumphs hold, With store of Ladies, whose bright eies Rain influence, and judge the prise Of Wit, or Arms, while both contend To win her Grace, whom... | |
 | Thomas Warton - Chivalry in literature - 2001 - 144 pages
...them, that took his fancy ; as appears from his Towned cities .pleafe us then And the bufy hum of men,. Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold, With ftore of ladies, whofe bcrg^it eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, wlhile both... | |
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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 To win her grace whom all commend. 
