Category: Poetry

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers: Vol. 1 and 2

Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674; Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 [Commentator]; Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944 [Editor]· 2 chapters· 76,225 words

412. _The Mad Maid's Song._ A manuscript version of this song is contained in Harleian MS. 6917, fol. 48, ver. 80. The chief variants are: st. i. l. 2, _morrow_ for _morning_; l. 4, _all dabbled_ for _bedabbled_; st. ii. l. 1, _cowslip_ for _primrose_; l. 3, _tears_ for _flowe...

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1. Chapter 1

412. _The Mad Maid's Song._ A manuscript version of this song is contained in Harleian MS. 6917, fol. 48, ver. 80. The chief variants are: st. i. l. 2, _morrow_ for _morning_; l...

2. Chapter 2

844. TO HIS BOOK. _Make haste away._ Martial, III. ii. Ad Librum suum--Festina tibi vindicem parare, Ne nigram cito raptus in culinam Cordyllas madidâ tegas papyro, Vel thuris p...