Comus

I would add, if you do Comus, Donald Friedman's _Comus and the Truth of the Ear_, which has always made the masque really vital for me, and for my students too.

Ferule & Fescue Flavia 2009

Virtue_ (1619), in which Comus is "the god of cheer, or the Belly"; and to the _Comus_ of Erycius Puteanus (Henri du Puy), Professor of

Milton's Comus John Milton 1641

The message that comes to us and to every man and woman from the best of his prose and all of his poetry is the parting message of Spirit in "Comus":

Milton As An Empire Builder 1909

Comus is a sort of fairy tale about chastity — a mask, actually.

Some Milton « Unknowing 2010

Comus is a most pure and beautiful model for forming the youthful taste.

The Mother's Book 1831

It was a spot on which Milton might have placed the lady in "Comus" -- a circle of the smoothest sward, ringed everywhere (except at one opening which left the glassy river in full view) with thick bosks of dark evergreens and shrubs of livelier verdure; oak and chest nut backing and overhanging all.

What Will He Do with It? — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

It was a spot on which Milton might have placed the lady in "Comus" -- a circle of the smoothest sward, ringed everywhere (except at one opening which left the glassy river in full view) with thick bosks of dark evergreens and shrubs of livelier verdure; oak and chest nut backing and overhanging all.

What Will He Do with It? — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

The masque known as Comus, written for performance before the president of the Council of Wales, Lord Bridgewater, at Ludlow in Shropshire, was a remarkable achievement.

Heroic Milton: Happy Birthday Kermode, Frank 2009

The "Monthly Review" sneers at me, and asks "if 'Comus' is not _good enough_ for Mr. Lamb?" because I have said no good serious dramas have been written since the death of Charles the First, except "Samson Agonistes"; so because they do not know, or won't remember, that "Comus" was written long before, I am to be set down as an undervaluer of Milton!

The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb Mary Lamb 1805

His Comus is a master-piece of poetical composition.

Imogen A Pastoral Romance William Godwin 1796