Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol III

unrelent

cruel but

on with Lov

strange tyrann

are subjecte

ustice thy co

ey hope forbid,

o thy hell con

ture of desp

ugh vainly to

st thus deny tha

joy, Ixion-

r, or feed on

to my passio

starv'd to dea

y pale sickly

d cold despai

ast alone, or

ost, or let that

t desire, or

both, are eq

iss Guiney has attempted a 'composite text'-a thing for which I have small fan

rannic laws m

ath thy unco

will that hars

e, and yet com

ought that's cold'; l. 14 'old' and 'here' fo

im heat warm,

Either or both'. The interest of this piece is almost wholly centred on t

t si potiri

piece which is attributed, credibly enough, to Apuleius, but rather less credibly as a latinizing of Menander's ?νεχ?μεν

o

ot worth thy

k t' e

so poor

ools t

lib

e ease thou m

ith much cha

t it a

thy powe

will

twent

rhaps, you'l

, I no more

rse of

can boas

earn'd

nsta

d women of

e again well illustrated by its readings of '

ctat

hide no

g daughters

patient tho

lazy

hours do mo

y is

oo soon

e seek, yet

tic dar

ot of the

y seek to

aws o

search awh

ss thy

that Ti

hy hope or f

he two pieces appeared so close together that it is difficult to say which may have been the f

1 P

DEDI

L

name all passio

d oldest of

arents, whose

earth, fixeth t

rse of heaven;

ouls that in d

ous chains see

long-since torn

lling pris'ner

l'd beneath th

t in thy soft

hough not with

ngers pass'd a

tablet at thy

ers. The following variants occur: 11 'by thy kind power unbound'. 12 'At least with freedom, though not conquest crown'd'. 14 'Suspends these papers'. Stanley also appended a list of Greek quotations justifying the cento. There is an intrinsic i

oungest and (c) oldest', 3 '(d) Born', 4 '(e) Moves', 7 '(f) By thy myst

is apud

νηνε

?ν? τ?π? π?λ

γ?ρ ?νδρ??

ικ??

hoc

ο? Κ?πρ

?ντων ?νομ?

ημ? νε?τατον α?τ?ν ε?

πρεσβυτ?τοι? ε?ναι τ?ν θε?ν

ν, ο?τε λ?γονται ?π' ο?δεν?

ian. Cy

ερ?, βελ?εσσι δ

?ντο?, ?τ?ρ σ? γ

ρ', ο?δεν δ? σε

π?ντα, κα? ο?ρ

νερθε κα? ?θνεα

φυσσαν ?π? στ?

? κα? τ?? ?ρχα?α? φ?σεω? συναγωγε?? κα? ?πιχειρ?ν ποι?σαι ?ν ?κ δυο?ν, ?κα?? ??σασθαι τ?ν φ?σιν τ?ν ?νθρωπ?νην. Phil. Jud. περ? τ?? κοσμοποι?α?. ?πε? δ? ?πλ?σθη

O

Glow

t Chariessa,

d gem, whose

t its birth ha

t by the erri

rom its native

rth (its centre)

f these spark

nown light far

it a terrest

Saint; see how it

doth not yield h

ves thy reason,

ickly it (ta'e

darkness onl

s of thy light t

ashes by thy

altar of thy

eater light

ifles of this kind, The Glow-worm is singularly elegant and happy'. Perhaps a later judgement, while waiving the indispensableness, or even pre-eminence, of chastity and classicality in

of 'star', or he may have thought that the same sound (-ar) recurred still more

] deceiv

doth dec

y] th

Br

milder breath

bearing on hi

hich from the

by the Phoenix

h his sweeter

rose's blush

rateful flower

ives than he

h his odours'

h hastes; to whic

e amorous wind

ton Lover 'bo

ooling thy soft

burning at t

st by that bre

s far sweeter

ing robb'd, in

ets of Pyres, t

lowing 1647 in the following variants: l. 8 'He doth rece

er to burn

Chariessa, l

and unto the f

e them life, shou

rled flames to H

sheet shall as

elf to thee

ut its native

esser lights o' t

a star should

n on earth from

mond's shape i

as it did bef

t cruel even

hy justice,

ense from flames

Verses.] Title, 1647 'To

st] as

t] abo

] that

Ni

IAL

rie

if

tray us,

he l

easures th

ocha

res

y this fe

ca

tions who

rie

dim

learer ligh

's ey

ind that tho

ocha

pale

n to yie

r des

blind, to g

rie

his

nds us migh

etra

day disclo

ocha

est

k witness

ent

umb as wel

or

ese black shad

ill

nviou

that would

thus their mutu

these joys crown'd

Amori Notturni. A Dialogue bet

] or

] tha

nds] conc

s very delightful, and the Chor

wishing her

ssion shou

h'd thy be

sire wha

nature to

sh it had

o outwish

mes within

o great he

languish y

less unge

on thy w

et not lose

thou less

ction add

ts less bea

uld much

any part

yl'd, when

great exce

dazzles ou

s'd, appear

only way

more fair

s less f

er less Fair.] 1647

] thy

] and

le] then less

h, like much else in this

admiring the ingenuity exercised in thi

this the play

t, and therefore

, yet C

me n

y com

for inc

'd t'

irest

whilst tho

other the

tancy is o

e by

fools

e but sma

om as

st be

less beau

y love they

should not

n ar

lves b

ir short j

fool

lves p

outlast t

Platonic th

love unles

e, by

nd to

y heart

ds me

De

r far th

Love from B

's subject, th

aires

none

hath onl

such

beau

I found m

as impiou

not t' have d

is i

les o

uldst de

rt th

er's

thy righ

y subjects

triumphs

then i

blot

rg'd Ap

is tha

r'st t

ers ask

they are

hearts where

and flicker. It is a pity he allowed himself double rhymes in stanza 3, which break the note (those at the end of st. 4 do not).

lf-dec

TAL

and undec

seek with

in the

ozen'd sti

n ill of i

istrust of

I have rea

I seek less

y love rema

ct not dese

longer be

fault as l

e flatter

at I might k

cheat himse

od doth his

ncertain

v'd, doth

life on do

strust inco

y the str

ance were W

tempts how

death? I se

elonged to the best age of Spanish literature, and was, in proportion, almost as prolific in plays and

Cu

mp

cares too

n!) disturb

sighs awak

teach he

phe

r Nymph, are

nsel ca

mp

isclose, fo

admits

phe

re such as

oison all

ich thou se

thine own

mp

seaséd min

thy grief

phe

hy virtue

and know

mp

d S

phe

I have

to meet w

mp

fy: thou dos

thy crim

phe

cunning co

ce can l

mp

's a way

he

phe

pity

mp

hose love ma

e: who

te disea

receivi

phe

ke her my s

mp

t

phe

ould th

oftness i

it were

mp

heard: learn

ess she h

st freedom

rfeited

common measure' has little of the magic common at the time, and is

a Si

athing forth

eir borrowe

e wat'ry sph

in their o

chariot o

silent whe

hich from th

circular m

their eterna

oise than Celia's

Angel, wh

flame with

his breath to

harmony

f this heav

each soul ou

ants and st

Cherubins

owers invert t

t live, and dead

sleeping or singing', and

e' to 'less' in the later 'edition'. 1647 h

tempting, but pe

'-again nesc

47 'p

a M

t les charmes d

esprit m'anime

a subtile et l

reille et glisse

rever par cett

nsistent que d

douce, la mort

ouve toutes deux

onc pas; satisf

souffres de viv

odern English writers of French verse, neglect his final e's, but he takes rem

Re

se soft mag

harsh impe

or absence

d weight I

e narrow bou

oud empire t

e or phi

n or phi

t by unco

t within ty

ough at dist

power of eac

the sacre

the potent

ht eyes, I

sdain I b

I nowhere

ose flames I

s that do in

hey would not l

ose 'midst t

will throug

ish by a h

ish at a f

u the insu

I the ins

Beauties d

n beauty d

in triump

wouldst b

aries do

me thy s

e flames, who

heart, whic

orch'd, approa

emed cold, at

int them together. The lines in roman type are those of The Return, those in italic belong to Palinode. The latter reappeared in 1657, with slight alterations as below. In Pal. 5 Miss Guiney reads

eads 'powerful' for 'pote

647 'That', 1651 'Thou'; l. 10, 1657 'which' for 'that'; l. 11, 'twixt'-not so wel

o

burning i

ing in t

in wish'd fl

so pleas'

t accents th

y soul

ould not qui

such h

kiss thou ga

stole in i

ould sooner

desir'd

ommanded

ine eye

h would not

than to

no freedo

my fett

ix-like I f

e and yout

ps substitute 'with more of the harmony of contemporary rhythm than Stanley always attains'. It is certainly much better than The Cure. The bracketed stanza was dropped in 165

ick L

AR

ckly

n a doub

Love an

or life

in whose

t causeth

who

wilt gran

ght'st

d a new

r! the hear

should the

ich is in all texts, should be 'is'. But 'it' is wanted and 'is' is not.

o

by what p

esiste

ine ear and

my pas

t hidden

s in one

ob Love of

as well

as friends,

istant

hin thy heart

within th

ft fetters

ge that

y, do guar

all othe

laint how ca

is pass

mprison'd ha

confin'd

3) is at least as good as 'mobled queen', but otherwise the phrase rather sinks to the measure. '

o

up thy sh

hy s

usely spe

rnish thee

then awa

netrabl

hy pale fla

o t

ve the sn

r frozen b

s'd, unme

ght suns o

hou thy pow

cans

hat breast,

flames in m

ee but he

ins both m

re, not ill-parted with phrase and imager

la

as, there

a greate

beauties tha

ries by th

orments, sha

corded for

r-ages b

kind, when t

he speedies

e slowest t

ty at onc

ation star

elay may b

f Love to c

thou wish to

ight be le

hast decr

beneath th

oon! Thou w

y, ev'n in

his Mistress

RI

love! that kno

m as passeth F

ic beauty l

ue for her t

tor! who, t

ty cannot ho

s against mys

r's life begg

ving powers my

own redress d

at I to pity

t, who can move

griev'd patient

ician suffers

unds from me ex

first be heal'd

one! why dos

thy sacred

, offer'st th

om nor priz'd,

brook to the f

crystal tribu

ish; whilst he

flowers that gr

lories art de

reap the joys t

e acknowledge,

ize away, th

ience of my

ought, myself c

ate where I am

not, 'cause I

ther snip-snap antithesis, and the somewhat obvious conceit, show the famous Italian really at his worst. 'President' (l. 1), though not impossible, is probably for 'precedent'. The

Repu

by this

rel

rom thy tyr

elf thin

thy flame

re; f

all into

his fire

that u

ow ma

beauties pl

hou ne'er

thou has

f this

om thy ty

, not ba

what onc

grieve

nconstant sw

as'd my s

e not los

er po

f fate am b

was nev

ntic' for 'tyrannic', and Miss Guiney adopts it. To me it seems quite ina

eads 'tha

To

l fair one

y dis

trophy of

old tomb

must their p

se of

y flame im

tal fires wi

thy proud empi

e liberty in D

orsaken Lo

e my

ou mix not w

a Vict

spoils thy

near m

o cruel bre

y ashes back

ur'd by this r

e, who died as

my dust t

ould n

ght wake me,

life an

hy proud in

at m

eived by t

mil'd into n

ar, since both t

power to love

earth, or

al my

in some d

d forgo

of all t

leep w

should atte

t, or not beli

se thy triumph

eye slain, buri

at are more than pretty'. It is certainly one of Stanley's best, and he seems to have taken some trouble with it. In

this fire sac

other's mutu

of 'kill' is almost certissima. But she seems to have had a different copy of 1647 before her

t should thi

et or not be

rease thy g

47 reads '

Enjo

-AM

court's amb

those more h

et country, p

ourt, a cott

m all distu

oner (Sylvi

fears, which

constancy

my esteem,

t stoop'd to D

and desi

delight eac

reach'd,

er beauty,

ar'd with wh

t happy se

I receiv

knew not Gr

I tasted

uench'd my thi

place where

beauty,

llures the

, which fain

er'd by the

e glitt'ring

s of the yo

ind Zephyr

vows and fre

hese gems her

quicken Tim

sprightly L

o'er the e

esses the G

resh themse

ft bosom

the kisses

ther, such

n their mi

power of li

elm's dil

rugged Sa

reed, in a

t anguish t

lonely gro

can no adm

peaceful

g by repos

res, for fe

mer courtsh

neath a myr

acred, where

hand Love'

trophies o

rayers to He

m love might

ts vigour

e wingéd G

e oath in its

ur hearts we

y dear (a

doubted fai

y soul my fo

eyes I see

angry saith

t large with

res in my

ecause they

hese glasses s

through their

elight tra

d arms abo

ring Ivy n

Elm in str

fervent t

nectar fro

s, and so

health, til

with these p

ually in

r senses s

his ecsta

ogether rai

e in this k

with her

reach our

God of Love

ove with his

one embra

ng each to

found (Englished by the matchless Orinda a little after Stanley's time) in vol. i, p. 601, of this collection; but it was popular and much imitated

s misprin

leading Wa

o more that

r div

fetter'd b

s to an

deniest I sh

ou deserv'st n

frown away

thy d

me with smi

or sorr

ime to be ki

se of mine own

f beauty

e of

worth of thi

etract, w

indness, a

sacrilegio

, if thou

all a

yself at th

uty or

flames, and

love knows

title 'To One that Pleaded her own',

s Inn

s Ivy striv

arms abou

lover thus

in her amo

neighb'ring

and mutual

ng with a j

, into each

not such a

yself no cri

harmless gu

kiss as we

ose blesséd

is harmon

mutual thou

wills our m

speech is

ars' lazy

pression i

es, 'bove re

y dear, of t

others n

shame or bl

to live, lik

cuse with eq

ason is, or b

e'; l. 7, 'To one another whispering there'; ll. 9-10, 'Then blush not, Fair, that flame to show, Which like thyself no crime can know'; l

Brac

IS

prais'd! tha

or heart

o many

new one for

ds of amber

ry court

r were c

sand curls al

part of h

ss unkin

tters ar

in my freedom,

e period outside Corneille. M. Ed. Fournier gave him a niche in Crépet's Poètes Fran?ais (Paris, 1861), ii. 539-52, but did not include the original of this piece. The In Memoriam rhyme-order, though

Ki

lip my sou

ere meet

heir fetters

le forms

bonds of se

Cherubins con

chains of ea

rse by

at are by fl

se weak ti

words their

our mutual th

y soul from

ee re

not both re

with one

st, either

exchange let

u dost retu

tak't

is pleasing

se unto

e more, or

an thy cruel

nd several other variants. An answer to this p

' may be a misprint obviously shows forgetfulness of the philosophical sen

'and'-per

thoughts betray'. (Miss Guiney's copy seems t

I] and

e second time (v. sup., p. 126) that

and D

ASSO M

saw a rugge

d his embrac

tructed by his

rowth and verd

h he, 'my woes

subject of my t

scorn-retaining

trunk plucking

onquest which he

umphant spoil a

ainful maid hi

ted fruit he g

cilasso I do not know. Mari

ys of Marinism are not thus. Apollo's tears watered the laurel and so made it grow. His t

g and K

thy smooth vo

l like ligh

es whilst tho

breath its

is pleasin

rembling li

eive that li

o gladly

atonic fool

s do the so

y can lif

h from these

This is smarter than

Snow

that co

arts about

sely learn

saw a foe

y deaf e

voice's po

ghtning of

closing

s cold sno

whiter of

hath thus

open forc

ould susp

n a face

idden fi

his cold o

t thus invo

v'd world

ignorant

e antipe

falling fr

ow were se

ntury 'sevens' are well spent on her. In l. 10 Miss Guiney thinks that 'whiter', the sole

reaction' or 'topsyturv

eposi

lov'd thee t

t no lo

s all the pr

opini

stars, in borro

love that gav

hat dwelt wi

with min

st graces f

e with m

hus mutual inf

o shine, when

Celinda, h

plor'd o

scorn thou

h my love

'd disdain too

e fair but w

. Also l. 3, 'do' for 'all'; l. 9, 'glories' for 'g

stress in

SS

dearest sel

l my

in secre

live beca

will Fa

in whose b

ation sha

ve because I

s Her

ctive thou

ptive to

reak his si

ore would

earn the

ondage t

nnic mist

auty love

ounded a

ourt but no

d we the

bjects as

er I turn

sion doth

beauties th

ud ones that

ts, and that s

rs, that as

Virgins, no

youthful swee

ons, that

hat these pr

d coldnes

lively a

oth by ski

vour she

armless

court nor

e my soul

Beauty, an

wisely

h the weal

ural sweet

elps to ta

e of that's

f this my

wanton an

qual plea

I by fo

forceth m

se she'll n

hide, her

loosely fl

ke the beams

th the spo

sweets it

that net re

lden fetter

e with powe

ided hea

resses sprea

oulders a b

tarlight

es through th

fair, or t

ith all c

sprightly

ozen Vest

uty takes

all, to no

. 34 'that' instead of 'to', and the singular 'pleasure' in l. 38. The piece is rathe

le Con

uls that court

le weak

igher than th

ow laws

r friendshi

ateria

tness Angel

nnot e

ight the roses

e the li

tile ways that

my love

are kindle

ime and a

t boast a rea

decay

ust resign ou

by Fate

ndship shall su

n divorc

rough fortune

forgets

ursues us

ies eith

ression, and polish in the versification.' There is also something more than polish-a concerted effect which 'elegance and ingenuity' d

divorce

.

the gra

lle E

dear enem

sist so f

t thy soft y

neath thy

bondage bles

ranscends a

I freely h

sault my wi

o'er my cap

much tyra

scorn thou l

power of thy

conquest thu

by Beauty,

Dr

DE

ealous soul

s malicio

p of Death

the portrai

last I clo

oop t' ano

s Apprehen

he truth wit

ch I should

this rival

s is all m

hemselves al

owever, is even less successful than the few other seventeenth-century practitioners in getting t

he L

da

shes I

ur feet I

s, beg you

nce of a b

to your st

own errors

tives, whi

e they were b

soft power o

them back ag

judgement no

or hers no

e must not,

h' fire, and

kind Char

what your e

aughter of Sir William Hammond and wife of Sir Robert Dormer, Knight, of Chearsley, Bucks. In 1647 Sta

Dep

to your mis

rts do s

or tears at Lo

nce w

idol

ernal Power

the quiver,

did fir

bute wears fr

back

im hav

tor, now unve

feeble chi

is myst

is wings, and b

ill

re hi

'd to laws or b

ight Beauties

pale torch

your subtle

scorch

atoms

the sunshine

hereafter

ewitch ou

devil by your

ll no

wer im

Indians, that

Divo

y wounded he

way thy po

willing s

t hope what

way thy smil

nds deeper t

sees the hea

hells, of l

some other's

eturn thy s

n aposta

t me firs

unrelent

sdain or co

ate might b

prisoner

unkind Fate

Affection l

cruel as

eath shall b

so many sup

ey may thy

r thy sco

ty here no

se from one or two

] That

cold

e] I

] am

ilst 1647. w

y pity they ma

Recov

SO

r, whilst yo

armth of o

me about t

ce each minu

irit, no

eye he st

ts some blo

thy fresh c

plunders

rubies d

s; and wit

lth will ta

of which t

, from time

sually), a poet of the Trevisan March (1587-1640), and founder of the Academy of th

Brac

fools that

Love's e

orn wills n

ning t

eath of hair, an

wear such fetter

d boast a s

nfin'd

ch force coul

ht within

betray'd, I,

ny storms withs

now wise A

vain searc

hat human br

eir frame

s such spirits

braid can tie b

es, I defy

y more po

reath which c

y vanquis

d by one more

m Conquest

Donne. If so the suggestion was very rashly

tion-as Miss Guiney very rightly says

e enemy my

at do our l

rds and defe

Fare

commands me

y soul with

one sigh, or

crown my

tell my gri

willing we

, that embr

less joy th

ast kiss I

ansfus'd int

heat shall

east, and t

ite of Fate,

eath, of Heav

t kind, and t

ore power t

s 'may' for 'be', which latter word opens the next line, turning out 'sad'. T

m to

AR

! thou tur

teous fa

ung sorcerers,

ts powe

t, as thou tu

doth fi

go thy ey

l in my

him why hop

s on me s

ou lay'st to

he owns

nce in my

ow in th

t burns, more

e it scat

s, who dreamed

AR

bright Sai

ou sha

not with i

'd thy

presented t

thou shalt

tal wound

thee

they outwar

bleed

like active l

heart, but

I yiel

sacr

vain will

y brigh

g power cann

osed alike

Doris dreaming he was wounded'.

Exch

LOG

h

ch last thou g

ting li

o thy breast

mine own

h

same warm b

y bosom

contracted

l with m

h

thus in des

h is two

n intelle

in th

no such powe

an these wo

s'. In editions other than 1651 there

no such powe

an these wo

ed by S

n vain thou

that can

thy malice

eets which cr

e spirits f

into a p

ng roses o

hopes might

thee, and tho

of lovers fr

saults are

ine to sto

a form as m

hange, as

attempt c

her Beauty,

s.] Lines 1 and 2 ar

s Sickness,

breast, too

las! thou

es which can

ets which crown

ng] bloo

opping 1647: s

656 But any-n

istress'

RAR

pe harvest

erish with

g me to

e joys I lo

hopes, fair

, ere I coul

ath! why wit

y Fair from

why in this

y Fair dost

sistance s

Life and D

ove; thy pow

at their in

t wedded

sorrow in

ou join'st, c

in me, in

Exeq

w n

rs that

une or

ashes le

d marble wit

the relentl

braces the sa

cruelties, and

ver

icedium

eful req

e terrors o

numbers mus

ilence that

dumb; softly,

rb the peace a

st

y dism

rings as

cypress a

lowers can t

from such u

my dust, and

Fate an equa

ythm rising and swelling admirably. In th

victi

Beauty, on Lov

Silk

m, to long s

year hath

pay to th

of her ple

with indus

y ornament

t pains she

of her ow

proud in De

her curious

triumph, d

her soft

t, is that h

am design

, willingly

wn fetters

rm.] 1 Thi

the genius of seventeenth-century poetry did not care much for facts or context at any time. But here no violence is done to either. Nine men out of ten wish

rich work and

stined a

y Wee

TAL

rook flies fro

crystal loosel

the verdant p

ith a silver

s on every flo

to fill them

rost upon th

n the gillifl

rrow, in the

, flow'd from br

very flower her

ines here, the

tears' for 'stars' in l. 10, especially after 'humid'. The shooting star, which

iti

longer n

ess which

nowy

ther flames b

o harsh Disd

tion thus

ut known the

ant fait

all th

Wealth, or Hono

easure could

ith mutual ch

s too desp

not hop

thes

lth outshine h

souls, whils

ies in its

fair one,

less jus

hose t

, and thy proud

s, honours we

s only mean

exts, is obviously wrong. I should say that the plural would be more obvious

o

t beauty, th

and my vai

l soul that

f that thou

sighs and t

y unconfin

k shade I w

forgot by a

he difference

feign'd an

ore happy, b

those joys

ose pleasur

ch Love desi

erhaps, thys

ong, or too

one of Stan

Reve

NS

to thysel

'st at al

t lost thy yo

his trop

hy inconsi

t in vain

y am I no

ot then t

I wish, ung

ike flames

st, will hea

all laug

ey has handicapped himself almost inconceivably. He has thrown away the half-sad, half-scornful burst of the opening 'Quand vous serez bien vieille'-the vivid picture of the crone half boasting, half regrettin

o

rust thy tem

eceitful

er be to t

r'd in t

no, not a

or captiva

gaze upon

n with t

hould burn m

e my soul

se smiling d

my liber

my wary hea

nfin'd a

st mine shoul

thine ow

ude may th

r Beauty co

nza-mould, especially in 1

t Airs and Dialogues, set

o

sooner trus

false

pregnant sails

smiling wav

ingly b

eceitful v

guile some

hy vai

kisses on tho

see the cal

ooth flatt

e hidden d

ke me thy fa

corn t

v'd at first, a

t, as thy

lingly f

n martyr, a

2 the]

ind Man

RI

more blind, whose

an is both y

th a hundred

t thou to keep thi

ences which are really awkward in poetry. In Oronta 1647, where this poem also appeared with t

sw

true, but, in Lo

aided by t

y each other

ys what's to t

o

let my h

tis rais'd

beauty tho

make me

shipwreck'

a Syre

ects to shun

his sec

g kiss, each t

st in vai

lovers mi

hy falseh

roof again

all e'er p

resent a w

at hath b

ain be bro

though m

scorn as j

thou suff

ouble rhymes in stanzas

'the

Lo

ere

Beauty, t

ched, a

ou fling'st

h so b

Fortune cou

that lo

thy story

own'd

el verdant

shrill vo

thy beauty a

hou ha

e lovers, w

ust aims

hee lighter

one w

ion on th

as woul

to faiths as

f thou

y freedom

on may

om sympathy

never to be made without absolute necessity. In the second, the hackneyed observation about the less obvious reading is never so true as of the Caroline poets. In the third, this particular correction, if obvious in one sense, is but speciou

elf-C

or shame, u

oming joy t

ath, though

ruel thou

captives w

ot triumph o

now no lo

hou take de

y love did

gh by Death

fall a s

est in thy

thy unthr

him that did

ouls, who

beauty, wil

softer, a

t not pity,

l.] Merely 'S

position that 'that' in the penultimate line is a misprint for 't

o

M.

et fairer t

not in the

u in thine e

Cupid shot

were not t

cast a tho

r marry a

he thing I c

ll cherish

y flames with

ure is the

oubts the hea

not because

down, smooth

e Cupids t

corner of

then know wha

you, 'cause

thou much fairer than thou art, &c.' I do not know who Master W. M. was-possibly Walter Montagu, Abbé de S

sw

y all affec

an thou would

ne eyes as

v'st they sho

love were

t offer mi

court a f

t owns a fla

y love wil

it with no l

ires themsel

g kisses y

ee not be

ll beauty ca

my passio

ht eye or s

, if thou wou

'cause thou

Rela

way those

s of my

such a brig

t a seco

r blindly i

contemn t

fall tha

and seal'd

sufferings

praise to

st Death proc

will unt

doubt thou

r for t

burn one v

thee poor

1655, p. 7, with the heading 'He would not be tempted'. In 1647 called 'Song' only. This edition also reads in l. 5 'blind and impious', and

s of S. with t

da

place you bl

sumes may ju

court than wh

r soul, what

aps, doubt at

urps upon

g virtues,

thers, doth

urself you

ons earlie

ll glories t

int prophec

re sole interest

entertain,

dney or Spencer, Countess of Sunderland, and Waller's 'Sacharissa'. The Holy Court wa

o

VOI

h in a si

whom my vo

erfections

eak were to di

say that s

graces dot

nd wonder

guess the b

h I wari

her looks and

her cruel

iles at all th

suppliant

tributing

le as th

guess the b

well done. The stanza is well framed and is different from the French ('Je me tais et

alentine by

me Love and D

waste in an

Deity, sev

adoration

ark'd for sac

e what dangero

wn, who, when she

every heart, an

o all hope fo

taught indulgen

Chance! unjus

n interest

rious judgement

of unerring

whom the cause

blindness thine,

ustice to th

eem'd thy nam

ze this less f

r at my des

ice are things

ves the cruel

odest

RC

boy! thou pio

ities these

ence, such as

s by guilt of c

t; grant it, C

l affects, opp

fore your alta

studiously wh

aith devoutly

ancestors este

'd inquire (wh

od) why thund

ious knowledg

thoughts adv

e, in wife and c

nd my fortunes

ith Friendship'

my friendship

wars my quiet

to the Muses

e me court the

my suit wit

ends deceive th

ps, with debts no

rd, my smiles s

indful still

et me wish n

fs, griefs that

y; and when Fa

life, let me

are pleas'd; th

laurel triumph

s Vet[erum]

otten stock an

content makes b

l to fears i

sins of Idl

k the camp, ot

elves with ple

nded in the

f the time th

n of Mr. Flet

e fame no age

, and glory

again; and

shes wak'd i

re did by a

art subdue, th

dies' eyes a po

s to either, h

athy those s

Beauty never

ov'd spectato

sion by a

llario bled,

very drop let

pasia wept,

wear the sam

'd, the feign

melting sorrow

Scornful La

efs, and teach t

tions could o

Mirth thus did

ght her passi

e the old, a

appy likeness

ture Art, Art

othing been,

n wherein his

' the Delphic

dying scene ex

gent justice

ess, what it de

oy hath doubl

e by this po

v'd him; they t

authors to

e in spite of

intermission

th' (again reflecting the immediate presentation). In l. 29 'rise': the form 'ris'' is recognized by Ben Jonson. In l. 30 Miss Guiney thinks 'not' 'clearly a misprint' for 'with'. But this is clearly a misunderstanding of 'expir'd', which is used with its proper transitive force as

of 'the twins' that Stanley introduces. Brydges, by printing 'Sco

W. Ha

iendship, knowl

se lov'd name pr

nities (thy na

lves the fabric

e which long m

chance in my

for thy pardo

e were worse

ult and pain we

t did expiate

en sported wi

Boy, and laugh'd

Idleness and

, love, both th

great as my

which I so lo

h, a face, a

e in a minu

nt; the faith

s; the power I s

no prayers, n

eart, who neit

rangely what w

prov'd my grea

ld have sharpen'

fann'd, but qu

now by kind D

that Love as

iendship I awa

u mayst withou

willingly them

their freedo

fess our joy

riendship's longe

oems in vol. ii. As in some other cases, this poem shows the nisus of the more or less stopped couplet-the way

flame, but what i

Shirley

riend, thy vers

aying torch wit

re thou dost di

ld spread thy

of all age

ize of Beauty

skilful artist

, displeas'd, t

ost depose, h

mystic chains

ner Muse a po

t can both mak

t back to life t

rted nymphs les

beams burnt w

ike, in his ow

view his shado

f once more in

gh she words p

vertake and

t speech and h

softer numbe

dying poetr

fection and n

rves a laurel,

rland, but a

ise thy lasting

ach at meri

thee, friend: h

, yet a fo

dost this age t

ive the next o

ar e'en futur

rite: thus being

ortive Muses

y this incre

eresting, though there is nothing in them so good as the famous 'Glories of our blood and state'. 'Odelia' (a curious and rather suspicious name) appears pretty frequently in them. Shirley was a friend not merely of Stanley, but of Hammond and Prestwich (v. inf.) and others of the set. Some of the poems usually attributed to Carew

ar all future

1. But 'veil' is far more poetical as = The body of her d

ion of Seneca's Medea, and

losopher, who

arious passio

Medea's je

in the Rom

the soul, and p

tting horror

thou dost onc

range, no less

hast robb'd of

lf thus by it

ages past may

ell as act thei

gh to do his sc

gav'st to us,

stow on him, no

or's work, th

good his title,

te his poem

ouble wreath;

t owe, he ow

ongues stol'n prai

th not borrow'

Medea, with the other Tragedies of Seneca the Philosopher and vindicating of their Author'. Sherburn (afterwards Sir E

, an obvious overlooking of the o

Hall's

'd by time have

works outdone

now, thy earli

arer than thei

ise thee, for th

l men's praises

their objec

not at full,

justice are th

bounded when t

thus confin'd,

forbear it,

utumnal pride

uit thy vernal

ean no praise,

s still to adva

what though thy

r dull sight w

learning how

less that all wer

e of such low

th know age, th

ack thy theft;

s thou hast sna

oduction to Hall, vol. ii). Besides the slight difference in general title the 1647 version divides itself. T

d thee, for tho

s foisted up from l. 8 to l. 7 ('full objec

er] ear

others' autumns p

S[uckling], his

ose numbers

wonder an

ew spirit

scene and D

ress'd in e

humble rea

e pencil, h

y his own p

ms.] Initials only in original titles. Th

Un

χ? δ?ο

WILLIAM

ystal centre

ms make but on

lame twin'd w

end in one br

thus into ea

eing, one in

l, desire, dis

e, and one is

ng glass th'

ducing ray, is

purest quinte

ome one und

fire into it

irits, and our

souls into o

nes are in th

y fair idea

ablet of my e

ection brings

etter self be

ctions that i

ltance are e

rse my shades,

ustre thou art

undefiled] u

et] tab

sw

ear friend! why

qual to thy

thou swell'st m

rob thyself t

I have in thy

my love's thine,

ar is less th

orrow'd, know

ugh thou freel

thou wouldst giv

ims by thy ass

st the merit,

do thee gre

this praise we

h thou hast worth

er soul, that m

ng to lend, cal

eath doth in r

' 1647 has 'must'. At the end of

?ν γλυκ? μ? λ?γ

ΟΥΣΑΣ ?λβι??

s, his Mo

mortal God

ow, honour th

rulers, nor the

everence, and

rst in virtue

vance his kind

r, for light fau

neighbour t

d with intenti

Sloth, and

thers, or thy

t of thyself st

l thy words an

even course o

all men are to

e as quickly

happen by d

lot, bear no

remedy with

just have not th

courses good an

ose, nor be by

notorious fa

t with equal j

smoother pro

ts from just reso

ouldst attempt,

nconsiderate

fterward thou

know the thing on

e shalt lead wi

care of outwar

ce use in exe

ve thee in a

bited, not cu

t any other

pense of va

ss: a mean i

; act nought tho

usiness of th

the morn awa

ep at night th

hat diary tho

deeds, what du

t summ'd up fro

ll, joy for what

study, practi

tue will thy

ernal fount

oul with fourfo

, pray well th

knowledge to al

n; where enlarg

by general lik

Ignorance shal

u see that hap

od, though presen

re of their mi

he fate that h

ries successiv

continual

hun must stud

little trouble

men wouldst the

ou; men come of

iner Nature w

ed, thou all I

ul clear from t

yer and cleans

thy mind's reins

Heaven, thou fr

int, no more s

translator, and philosopher come well together in this closing pi

s, who affirm that the rules and sense only were his, digested into verse by some of his scholars. But it is not improbable that they did no more than collect t

' ?ρεξα; τ? μοι

deeds, what du

e of these lines under his name, and Proclus, when he calls

dut

gh Hierocles in another

y v

? τ?ν θε?ων ν?μων, obser

r the

ins souls whereof the air is full. H

ince an

s, Το?? ?π? γ?? πολιτε?εσθαι δυ

ir laws

θαι ο?? ?πολελο?πασιν ?μ?ν παρα

obse

, ε?εργεσ?α, θεραπε?α:

s neighbour

rily. If thy friend have wronged thee, how canst thou say, thou art not able to

courses good and

ese,1 nor be b

?ν (that is, ο?ν) for ?ν whi

other ma

μ?μψιν, invidia, so taken s

siness of the

the morn awa

e inserted upon the a

ου τα?τα ?αυτ? τ? ?

ον μαλακ

?ξαναστ?σ

πνοιο μελ?φρον

ειν ?σ' ?ν ?ματ

fore he slept to repeat

sleep at

re he ro

ry busi

e verses (who, as it appears, forgot these two), is evident enough. The main argum

ernal founta

ul with fourfo

llum a quo scientiam τετρακτ?ο?, acceperant, i

etrad to our

ernal founta

h]us read ?μετ?ρα? σοφ?α?) Marcilius in this being the less excusable for confessing immediately, Animae vero nostrae dixerunt Pythagorei quoniam quaternarius animae numerus est, an

nimae numerum ded

τικ?? δυν?μει?. The mind is compared to a unit, in that of many singulars it makes one. Science to the number two (which amongst the Pythagoreans is numerus infinitatis), because it proceeds from things certain and granted to uncertain and infinite. Opinion

continual h

eason and

ittle

s reads, ?

ir g

s expounds ο?? ψυχ?.

t' e

? δ?οντα, all tha

e3 body'

m the infecti

es3 of

, Meditation. See

clean

?ων κα? ποτ?ν κα? τ?? ?λη? δια?τη? το? θ

ts d

γμασιν, ?ν ?πορρ?τ? παρεδ?δοιτο, Concerning meat is particularly delivered in his holy Apothegms, that which was not lawful to make known to every one. Which is a great testimony that Pythagora

re originally 'crossed

indeed the context p

on of text in not

e the original oath is in hexameters and τετρ

NI

G ONLY IN THE

lling bank,

urden, D

mil'd, and

t suns ecli

t, and wit

me twin'

hers my han

those plea

e and joys

hours stood s

ling glanc

ing kiss r

wn of eit

h joy my s

ing head

ips new li

wing of th

ief and plea

ught of the

nce revive

e once more

et me

ore

bliss but in

air self

e, and o

or ever,

Fate cal

the light mi

ours th

thu

flight my s

, since I

last kis

etness which dw

e slow, till n

hours m

inute

th leaden f

ht wings ha

pac'd sph

ure re

ns, and witho

the very a

r'd sands

this sma

minutes T

ach other

us wheels

ster

shade which w

tation ou

Lord, mu

ng dwe

rom this lo

more these f

far m

resign m

griev'd sou

minute a

great character, and were very likely written for

*

EM

EG

ADO

n

NN

ND

J. G. for R

erringman,

Churchyard

he New-E