...creep, By whisp'ring winds soon lull'd 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 store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize. It comes from the section in Milton's poem that is dedicated to the imagined joys and delights that...

...trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Towered cities please us then, 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...