Thou, when the bridegroom with his feas Passes to bliss at the mid hour of ni Hast gain'd thy entrance, Virgin wis X. TO THE LADY MARGARET DAUGHTER to that good Earl, once P Of England's Council, and her Treas Who liv'd in both, unstain'd with gol And left them both, more in himself Till sad the breaking of that Parliament Broke him, as that dishonest victory At Chæronea, fatal to liberty, 5 with] In ed. 1645, and the Ruth.' Todd. 8 I pity] Spenser's F. Q. i. vi. 12, And won with unwonted ruth.' Todd. Marlowe and Nash's D ed. 1825, ruth and compassion,' and G. Peele by Dyce, vol. i. p. 112, 178, ed. 1829. 11 hope] Ἐλπὶς ὀν καταισχύνει. Rom. v. 5. 1 Earl] Earl of Marlborough, Lord High Treas Lord President of the Council to King James I. ment was dissolved the 10th of March, 1628-9; h the 14th. Newton. E DETRACTION WHICH FOLLOWED Y WRITING CERTAIN TREATISES.* as writ of late call'd Tetrachordon, ven close, both matter, form, and style; ject new: it walk'd the town a while, ing good intellects; now seldom por❜d on. tall-reader, Bless us! what a word on 5 page is this! and some in file pelling false, while one might walk to Mileeen. Why is it harder, Sirs, than Gordon, or Macdonnel, or Galasp? rugged names to our like mouths grow zek, 10 s the Sonnet which Dr. Johnson selected in his as a specimen of this species of Verse in English. Todd. o] Colkitto and Macdonnel are one and the same officer on the royal side, an Irishman of the An, who served under Montrose. The Macdonalds ily are styled, by way of distinction, Mac Colldescendants of lame Colin. Galasp is George Gilcottish writer against the Independents. Warton. I DID but prompt the age to quit th By the known rules of ancient libe When straight a barbarous noise e Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, As when those hinds that were transfo Rail'd at Latona's twin-born proge Which after held the sun and moo But this is got by casting pearl to That bawl for freedom in their sensele And still revolt when truth would se License they mean when they cry I For who loves that, must first be wise But from that mark how far they ro For all this waste of wealth, and los XIII. TO MR. H. LAWES ON THE PU HIS AIRS. HARRY, whose tuneful and well meas First taught our English music how Words with just note and accent, no 'st their happiest lines in hymn, or story. ll give fame leave to set thee higher is Casella, whom he woo'd to sing the milder shades of Purgatory. ON THE RELIGIOUS MEMORY OF ith and love, which parted from thee never, ts] Hor. Od. i. i. 32, Secernunt populo.' Richardson. Hor. Od. i. vi. 1, Scriberis Vario fortis,' &c. Newton. r'st] So Browne's Brit. Past. B. ii. s. 11, of Lord Time shall see Thee honor'd by thy verse, and it by thee.' Todd. XV. TO THE LORD GENERAL F FAIRFAX, whose name in arms throu rings, Filling each mouth with envy or wi And all her jealous monarchs with And rumours loud, that daunt rem Thy firm unshaken virtue ever brings Victory home, though new rebellion Stay'd] Orig. Line in MS. 'Straight follow'd thee the path that saints 14 drink] Epitaph. Damonis. 206. tices.' Warton. Æthere * This Sonnet, as appears from Milton's M dressed to Fairfax at the siege of Colchester, 16 first printed, together with the two following son two to Cyriack Skinner, at the end of Phillips's Li 1694. Warton. |