...Alps. This service in disclosing the hidden powers of the sonnet has been acknowledged by Wordsworth : "When a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing hecame. a trumpet, whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few !"f And Landor has finely...

...Critic, you have frowned Mindless of its just honours ; with this key Shakspeare unlocked his heart : — A glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called...his hand The thing became a trumpet ; whence he blew Soul animating strains — alas, too few ! ' Loving the Sonnet thus, it is not wonderful that we find...

...Critic, you have frowned Mindless of its just honours ; with this key Shakspcare unlocked his heart : — A glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called...dark ways ; and, when a damp Fell round the path of Hilton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet ; whence he blew Soul animating strains — alas, too...

...gave ease to Petrarch's wound; A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound ; Camoeus soothed with it an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle...whence he blew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! Since the time of Milton, sonnet-writing has been little in vogue, until the commencement of the...

...gave ease to Petrarch's wound; A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound ; Camoens soothed with it an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle...Faery-land To struggle through dark ways; and when a clamp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing became a trumpet, whence he blew Soul'animating...

...sonnet of Spenser and the sonnet of Milton : — " A glowworm Lamp, It checr'd mild Spenser, call'd from Faery-land To struggle through dark ways; and,...he blew Soul-animating strains, — alas ! too few ! " There is recorded in Boswell's Johnson one of the most ludicrous literary conversations touching...

...cypress with which Dante erown'd His visionary hrow : a glow-worm lamp, It cheer'd mild Spenser, call'd from faery-land To struggle through dark ways ; and,...Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The thing hecame a trumpet, whence he hlew Soul-animating strains — alas, too few ! MILTON. Milton ! thou shouldst...

...pipe did Tasso sound; Camoens soothed with it an exile's grief; The sonnet glittered a gay myrtle-leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned His visionary...glowworm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from fairy-land To struggle through dark ways; and when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand...

...gave ease to Petrarch's wound; A thousand times this pipe did Tasso sound ; Camoens soothed with it an exile's grief; The Sonnet glittered a gay myrtle leaf Amid the cypress with which Dante crowned Hia visionary brow ; a glow-worm lamp, It cheered mild Spenser, called from Faery -land To struggle...

...a man ; So he it when I shall grow old, Or let me die ! WORDSWORTH. ' On the Period of Childhood ' when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing hecame a trumpet ; whence he hlew Soul-animating strains— alas too few ! WORDSWORVH. ' Miscel. Sotuutt.'...