Audley End, July, 1850.


NOTES ON MILTON.

(Continued from Vol. ii., p. 53.)

Il Penseroso.

On l. 8 (G.):—

"Fantastic swarms of dreams there hover'd,

Green, red, and yellow, tawney, black, and blue;

They make no noise, but right resemble may

Th' unnumber'd moats that in the sun-beams play."