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Page ix
... young children . The story of his miserable life is too well known . He died at thirty , worn out by his excesses . In his last sickness none of his boon companions came near him ; but he was visited by a former mistress , the mother of ...
... young children . The story of his miserable life is too well known . He died at thirty , worn out by his excesses . In his last sickness none of his boon companions came near him ; but he was visited by a former mistress , the mother of ...
Page xii
... Young lovers meet , old wives a - sunning sit . " But when the play was produced it was sickly autumn , and the plague was stalking through the land : " Short days , sharp days , long nights come on apace : Ah , who shall hide us from ...
... Young lovers meet , old wives a - sunning sit . " But when the play was produced it was sickly autumn , and the plague was stalking through the land : " Short days , sharp days , long nights come on apace : Ah , who shall hide us from ...
Page xvi
... young " ( worthy to stand beside Shakespeare's " Come , thou monarch of the vine " ) , and that softest of invocations to Care - charming Sleep . " 66 Massinger had little lyrical power - in fact , none at all - for his few attempts at ...
... young " ( worthy to stand beside Shakespeare's " Come , thou monarch of the vine " ) , and that softest of invocations to Care - charming Sleep . " 66 Massinger had little lyrical power - in fact , none at all - for his few attempts at ...
Page xxv
... young folly , though you were ( Habington ) . First shall the heavens want starry light ( Lodge ) Fly hence , shadows , that do keep ( John Ford ) Fond feigning poets make of love a god ( Greene ) . Fond Love , no more ( Thomas Forde ) ...
... young folly , though you were ( Habington ) . First shall the heavens want starry light ( Lodge ) Fly hence , shadows , that do keep ( John Ford ) Fond feigning poets make of love a god ( Greene ) . Fond Love , no more ( Thomas Forde ) ...
Page xxix
... young and cannot tell ( Ben Jonson ) Though little be the god of love ( Shirley ) Thrice the brinded cat hath mered ( Shakespeare ) Through yon same bending plain ( John Fletcher ) Thus , thus begin the yearly rites ( Ben Jonson ) 52 ...
... young and cannot tell ( Ben Jonson ) Though little be the god of love ( Shirley ) Thrice the brinded cat hath mered ( Shakespeare ) Through yon same bending plain ( John Fletcher ) Thus , thus begin the yearly rites ( Ben Jonson ) 52 ...
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Anthony Munday arms arrows beauty bel ami Ben Jonson birds bless bliss bright chaste cheeks Chorus Cuckoo Cupid dance dead death delight dong doth drink eyes face fair fairy fancy fear fire flowers fool Gipsy golden golden slumbers grace green grief Hark haste hath heart heaven Hecate Heigh honour Hymen JAMES SHIRLEY'S John Fletcher Jonson king kiss lady lass Love's lovers Luminalia lusty Lyly's lyrical maid Maid's Metamorphosis Masque merrily merry mistress N'oserez Nathaniel Field never Nice Valour night nymph Phillis Phoebe pity play pleasure poem pretty queen Robert Greene Robin Hood rose Shakespeare shepherd shine sigh sing sleep smile song sorrow soul spring stay swain sweet tears thee Thetis thing THOMAS Thomas Lodge thou art tree unto Venus virgins vowed wanton weep Whilst wind wings Witch youth