...loveless, joyless, unendear'd, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mix'd dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starv'd lover...sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain. 770 These lull'd by nightingales embracing slept, And on their naked limbs the flow'ry roof Show'r'd...

...unendear'd, 766 Casual fruition ; nor in court-amours, Mix'd dance, or wanton mask, or midnight hall, Or serenade, which the starv'd lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain. 770 These, lull'd by nightingales, embracing, slept, And on their naked limbs the flow'ry roof Show...

...loveless, joyless, unendear'd, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mix'd dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starv'd lover...sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain. 770 These lull'd by nightingales embracing slept, And on their naked limbs the flow'ry roof Show'r'd...

...for his mistress. A man might as •well serenade in Greenland as in our region. Milton seems to have had in his thoughts the absurdity of these northern...censure which he passes upon them: • Or midnight bait, Or Sei euaoc, which the starv'd lover sings To Ins proud fair, best quitted with disdain. The...

...for his mistress. A man might as well serenade in Greenland as in our region. Milton seems to have had in his thoughts the absurdity of these northern Serenades, in the censure which lie passes upon them : • Or midnight ball, O: Seienailc, which the st.irvM lover sings 1 o his pri'tiil...

...entertained by their lovers in the night. Mixt dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenate, which the starv'd lover sings To his proud fair ; best quitted with disdain. Milta. Foolish swallow, what dost thou Jo often at my window do, With thy tuneless serenade f C- ,-.'-•....

...Casual fruition ; nor in court-amours, Mixt dance, or wanton masque, or midnight ball, Or serenate, which the starv'd lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain."— It was the same conviction, that, by the virtue, or the profligacy of its females must the safety and...

...for his mistress. A man might as well serenade in Greenland as in our region. Milton seems to have had in his thoughts the absurdity of these Northern...them : - Or midnight ball, Or Serenade, which the starr'd lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain. The truth of it is, I have often...

...Serenades, in the censure which lie passes upon them : • Or midnight ball, Or Serenade, whieh the stanr'd lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain. The truth of it is, I have often pitied, in a whiter night, a vocal musician, and have attributed many of his trills and quavers to the coldness...

...loveless, joyless, unendear'd, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mix'd dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starv'd lover...sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain.' In these verses, all the images that can come }nto a young woman's head on such an occasion are raised;...