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Page viii
... John Lyly , who plentifully garnished his comedies with songs , while he never struck a lyrical note in his romance , Euphues . We are indebted to Edward Blount , the enterprising publisher who in 1632 issued a collec- tive edition of ...
... John Lyly , who plentifully garnished his comedies with songs , while he never struck a lyrical note in his romance , Euphues . We are indebted to Edward Blount , the enterprising publisher who in 1632 issued a collec- tive edition of ...
Page xiv
... John Fletcher were lyrists of the first rank . In his Inner Temple Masque Beaumont gave ample proof of his ability for song- writing . What a rapture is in this call to the masquers to begin the dance ! " Shake off your heavy trance ...
... John Fletcher were lyrists of the first rank . In his Inner Temple Masque Beaumont gave ample proof of his ability for song- writing . What a rapture is in this call to the masquers to begin the dance ! " Shake off your heavy trance ...
Page xv
... John Fletcher . I have drawn copiously from The Faith- ful Shepherdess , the best of English pastoral plays . It is deeply to be regretted that Fletcher by the introduction of offensive matter smirched the fair features of a poem that ...
... John Fletcher . I have drawn copiously from The Faith- ful Shepherdess , the best of English pastoral plays . It is deeply to be regretted that Fletcher by the introduction of offensive matter smirched the fair features of a poem that ...
Page xix
... John Jones ( of whom nothing is known ) , in his play , Adrasta , 1635 , has a good dirge , beginning " Die , die , ah die ! " Our old poets were fond of dirges and of bridal songs . Joseph Rutter , in The Shepherd's Holiday , has some ...
... John Jones ( of whom nothing is known ) , in his play , Adrasta , 1635 , has a good dirge , beginning " Die , die , ah die ! " Our old poets were fond of dirges and of bridal songs . Joseph Rutter , in The Shepherd's Holiday , has some ...
Page xxiii
... ( John Fletcher ) A turtle sat upon a leafless tree ( Lodge ) • Accurst be Love , and those that trust his trains ( Lodge ) Adieu ; farewell earth's bliss ( Nashe ) Ah , what is love ? It is a pretty thing ( Greene ) All that glisters is ...
... ( John Fletcher ) A turtle sat upon a leafless tree ( Lodge ) • Accurst be Love , and those that trust his trains ( Lodge ) Adieu ; farewell earth's bliss ( Nashe ) Ah , what is love ? It is a pretty thing ( Greene ) All that glisters is ...
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