ComusUniversity Press, 1921 - 143 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 3
... your attendant Thyrsis , so now in all real expression Your most faithful and most humble Servant , H. LAWES . " 1 Reprinted in the edition of 1645 : omitted in that of 1673 . " The Copy of a Letter written by Sir Henry 1-2.
... your attendant Thyrsis , so now in all real expression Your most faithful and most humble Servant , H. LAWES . " 1 Reprinted in the edition of 1645 : omitted in that of 1673 . " The Copy of a Letter written by Sir Henry 1-2.
Page 6
... THYRSIS . COMUS , with his Crew . THE LADY . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . 7 COMUS . The ...
... THYRSIS . COMUS , with his Crew . THE LADY . FIRST BROTHER . SECOND BROTHER . SABRINA , the Nymph . The Chief Persons which presented were : - The Lord Brackley ; Mr Thomas Egerton , his Brother ; The Lady Alice Egerton . 7 COMUS . The ...
Page 22
... Thyrsis ! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , And sweetened every musk - rose of the dale . How camest thou here , good swain ? hath any ram Slipped from the fold , or young kid lost his dam ...
... Thyrsis ! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal , And sweetened every musk - rose of the dale . How camest thou here , good swain ? hath any ram Slipped from the fold , or young kid lost his dam ...
Page 27
... Thyrsis , lead on apace ; I'll follow thee ; And some good angel bear a shield before us ! The Scene changes to a stately palace , set out with all manner of deliciousness : soft music , tables spread with all dainties . COMUS appears ...
... Thyrsis , lead on apace ; I'll follow thee ; And some good angel bear a shield before us ! The Scene changes to a stately palace , set out with all manner of deliciousness : soft music , tables spread with all dainties . COMUS appears ...
Page 52
... Thyrsis ; cf. " I know these slopes ; who knows them if not I ? " 52 , 53. There seems to be the underlying thought that physical uprightness symbolises moral . The poet was himself a very graceful man . Aubrey tells us , " his ...
... Thyrsis ; cf. " I know these slopes ; who knows them if not I ? " 52 , 53. There seems to be the underlying thought that physical uprightness symbolises moral . The poet was himself a very graceful man . Aubrey tells us , " his ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adonis Æneid allusion beautiful Ben Jonson blank verse called Cambridge character charm chastity Circe classical Comus dance daughter dramatic Earl of Bridgewater earth Echo Elder Brother Elizabethan enchanted English epithet Estrildis evil eyes Faerie Queene fair favourite genius Germ goddess gods hath Heaven hence Homer honour Il Penseroso influence Italy Jonson King L'Allegro Lady Latin Lawes's legend Locrine Lord Lord Brackley Ludlow Castle Lycidas lyric Masque Masson metaphor Midsummer-Night's Dream Milton nature night noun nymph Odyssey original Paradise Lost passage pastoral Penseroso perhaps phrase piece pleasure poem poet poetic poetry probably Puritan reference rhyme rhythm river Sabrina Sabrina fair Samson Agonistes says scene sense Shakespeare Shepheards Calender shepherd Sir Henry song Sonnet soul Spenser Spirit stage-direction story sweet syllable Tempest Tennyson thou thought Thyrsis trochee verb virgin Virtue wood word writers youth