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Jun 23, 2012 · Music: Garry Schyman - Trip The Light (Lyrics) Vocals: Alicia Lemke Picture: Alicia Lemke ...more.
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To "trip the light fantastic" is to dance nimbly or lightly to music. The origin of the phrase is attributed to John Milton. [1] [2]
Jun 25, 2017 · Dancing Matt trips the light fantastic again! This is my recut of Matt's original 2012 video, which is here: • Where the Hell is Matt? 2012 Outtakes have been blended in from: • Where the...
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What’s the origin of the phrase ‘Trip the light fantastic’? This apparently obscure expression originates from the works of John Milton. In the masque Comus, 1637, he used the lines: In a light fantastic round. By ‘trip’, Milton didn’t mean ‘catch one’s feet and stumble’.
One thing is certain: Trip the light fantastic has tripped its way from early modern England to the present day as blithely and fantastically as a nimble dancer. While it has always referred to...
Jun 20, 2012 · Trip the Light Lyrics. [Verse 1] If all the days that come to pass. Are behind these walls. I'll be left at the end of things. In a world kept small. Travel far from what I know. I'll be...
'Trip the light fantastic' means to dance nimbly and gracefully. Strictly speaking, it represents an adaptation of a poetical concept that was coined by Milton in L’Allegro (1632): "Come, and trip it, as you go, on the light fantastick toe."
