L'Allegro
Americannoun
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Yet Iyer retains a lightness of spirit so different from Greene's dark "slough of despond" that the two bring to mind John Milton's pair of contrasting poems "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso."
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2012
Handel's "L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato" also will be featured, and other Handel works will share a bill with two Haydn symphonies.
From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 16, 2011
From the beginning — “Hence, loathed Melancholy” cries L’Allegro; “Hence, vain deluding joys” cries Il Penseroso — it is evident that each has the other on his or her mind.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2010
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato was choreographed by Mark Morris in 1988, and is perhaps the supreme expression of late 20th-century American modern dance.
From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2010
Compare the company which Il Penseroso entreats Melancholy to bring along with her with that which L’Allegro wishes to see attending Mirth.
From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John
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