The Old English DramatistsHoughton, Mifflin, 1892 - 132 pagina's First edition?Prefatory note signed: Charles Eliot Norton. Six lectures delivered at the Lowell institute in Boston, 1887; appeared in Harper's magazine, from June to November, 1892. Introductory.--Marlowe.--Webster.--Chapman.--Beaumont and Fletcher.--Massinger and Ford. |
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... Spenser , in suppling English verse till it could answer the higher uses of the stage . The lines for they can hardly be called verses of the first attempts at regular plays are as uniform , flat , and void of va- riety as laths cut by ...
... Spenser , in suppling English verse till it could answer the higher uses of the stage . The lines for they can hardly be called verses of the first attempts at regular plays are as uniform , flat , and void of va- riety as laths cut by ...
Pagina 28
... Spenser was undoubtedly the poet to whom we owe most in this respect , and the very great con- trast between his " Shepherd's Calendar , " pub- lished in 1579 , and his later poems awakens curi- osity . In his earliest work there are ...
... Spenser was undoubtedly the poet to whom we owe most in this respect , and the very great con- trast between his " Shepherd's Calendar , " pub- lished in 1579 , and his later poems awakens curi- osity . In his earliest work there are ...
Pagina 29
... Spenser's study of the Italian canzone . Nay , the whole metrical movement of the " Epithalamion recalls that of Petrarca's noble " Spirto gentil . " I repeat that melody and harmony were first natura- lized in our language by Spenser ...
... Spenser's study of the Italian canzone . Nay , the whole metrical movement of the " Epithalamion recalls that of Petrarca's noble " Spirto gentil . " I repeat that melody and harmony were first natura- lized in our language by Spenser ...
Pagina 30
... Spenser was still a youth . Tame as it is , the sunshine of that age here and there touches some verse that ripples in the sluggish current with a flicker of momentary illumi- nation . But before Spenser , no English verse had ever ...
... Spenser was still a youth . Tame as it is , the sunshine of that age here and there touches some verse that ripples in the sluggish current with a flicker of momentary illumi- nation . But before Spenser , no English verse had ever ...
Pagina 31
... Spenser ever wrote ; but baiting - place is common , it smacks of the hostler and postilion , and commonness is a very poor relation indeed of simplicity . But doubtless one main cause of the vivacity of phrase which so charms us in our ...
... Spenser ever wrote ; but baiting - place is common , it smacks of the hostler and postilion , and commonness is a very poor relation indeed of simplicity . But doubtless one main cause of the vivacity of phrase which so charms us in our ...
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Pagina 15 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
Pagina 37 - Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts, And every sweetness that inspired their hearts, Their minds, and muses on admired themes ; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit ; If these had made one poem's period, And all combined in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can...
Pagina 51 - I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah, my Christ!
Pagina 40 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Pagina 50 - I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates; I'll have them read me strange philosophy And tell the secrets of all foreign kings...
Pagina 49 - All things that move between the quiet poles Shall be at my command : emperors and kings Are but obeyed in their several provinces, Nor can they raise the wind or rend the clouds ; But his dominion that exceeds in this Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man, A sound magician is a mighty god : Here, Faustus, tire thy brains to gain a deity.
Pagina 31 - COME, sleep ; O sleep ! the certain knot of peace, The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, The indifferent judge between the high and low ; With shield of proof, shield me from out the prease Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw.
Pagina 37 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Wills us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Pagina 43 - My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly both yield up their wished right. Continue ever thou celestial sun; Let never silent night possess this clime: Stand still you watches...
Pagina 51 - Ah, rend not my heart for naming of my Christ, Yet will I call on him: O spare me, Lucifer! Where is it now? 'tis gone: And see where God Stretcheth out his arm and bends his ireful brows! Mountains and hills, come, come, and fall on me, And hide me from the heavy wrath of God ! No, no.