Il Penseroso

Il Penseroso is not more different from L'Allegro than was my anticipation from the charming reality.

Burke was certain that Milton composed Il Penseroso in the long, resounding aisle of a mouldering cloister, or ivied abbey.

The shower is past, and the sun appears, but Il Penseroso finds its beams flaring and distasteful.

Now, we have prefixed the hackneyed line of Il Penseroso to our paper, because it is a definition of the essence of the beautiful.

L'Allegro has done with him, and Il Penseroso claims him for its own!