L'ALLEGRO.
Picture XLV.
Euphrosyne, or Mirth, with Fancy and Moderation hovering over her, tripping forward—
On the light fantastic toe;
accompanied by
Wanton Wiles;
Sport, that wrinkled Care derides;
And Laughter, holding both his sides,
with the Group of Falstaff and Doll in the fore-ground: the distance exhibits the Meeting of Zephyrus and Aurora, allusive to the Birth of Euphrosyne, in the words—
Zephyr with Aurora playing,
As he met her once a maying, &c.
In the possession of the Duchess of St. Alban's.