Not tricked and flounced, as she was wont

With the Attic boy to hunt,

But kerchiefed in a comely cloud.

II Penseroso

(1638).

Attic Muse (The), a phrase signifying the whole body of Attic poetry.

Atticus. The surname of T. Pomponius, the intimate friend of Cicero, given to him on account of his long residence in Athens. His biography is found in Nepor.

The English Atticus. Joseph Addison.

Who but must laugh if such a man there be.

Who would not weep if Atticus were he?