...death, made into "marble with too much conceiving," aud thus forming a grave worthy of the poet. " Thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us...lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die." But the lines in L'Allegro, " Sweetest Shakespeare, nature's child, Warbles his native wood-notes wild,"...

...Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear...lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. This high opinion of Shakespeare's work Milton seems still to have held when he wrote "L'Allegro" and...

...great heir of Fame, What need'st thou such weak witness oi thy name ? i6 ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art,...THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER Who sickened in the time of hi> Varancy, being forbid to go to London by reason of the Plague (1631) Thomas Hobson, the University...

...astonishment I Hast built thyself a live-long monument. For whilst to th' shame of slow-endeavoring art. Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath...lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. 3. Ad Palrem 111-120: At tibi, care pater, post quam non aequa merenti Posse referre datur, nee dona...

...For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art Thy easy numbers flow ; and that each heart Ilath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic...Dost make us marble with too much conceiving; And, so sepulchr'd, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb should wish to die." Does the fact that,...

...slow-endeavouring Art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, These Delphic lines with deep impression took, Then thou,...lie, That Kings for such a tomb would wish to die. John Milton. Ill A loose he gave to his unbounded soul, And taught new lands to rise, new seas to roll...

...slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart * Reprinted from the Nation of November 12, 1908. Hath from the leaves of thy unvalued book Those Delphic...lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. It will be noticed that Milton's poem is in the same metre as that of Jonson's, the heroic couplet....

...monument. For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart 10 Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those...Dost make us marble with too much conceiving; And, so sepulchered, in such pomp dost lie, 15 That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. 1632 L'ALLEGRO...

...should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What nced'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder...Dost make us marble with too much conceiving ; And so sepufchered in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton. Mr. William...

...and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument. For whilst to th' shame of slow-endeavoring art Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath...lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. From An Apology for Smectymnuus (1641). [True Eloquence.] For me, readers, although I cannot say that...