18. 4to. ed. 1630.
On l. 297. (G.):--
"Of frame more than celestial."
Fletcher's _Purple Island_, C. 6. S. 28. p. 71. ed. 1633.
On l. 331. (G.):--
"Night begins to _muffle up_ the day."
Wither's _Mistresse of Philarete_.
On l. 335. (G.):--
"That whiles thick _darkness_ blots the light,
My thoughts may cast another _night_:
In which _double shade_," &c.
Cartwright's _Poems_, p. 220. ed. 1651.
On l. 345. (G.):--
"Singing to the sounds of _oaten reed_."
_Drummond_, p. 128.
On l. 373. (G.):--
"Virtue gives herself light thro' darkness for to wade."
Spenser's _F. Queene_. {149}
(D.) For what is here finely said, and again beautifully expressed (v.
381.), we may perhaps refer to Ariosto's description of the gems which
form the walls of the castle of Logistilla, or Reason:--
"Che chi l'ha, ovunque sia, sempre che vuole,
Febo (mal grado tuo) si puo far giorno."
_Orl. Fur_. x. 60.
On l. 404. (G.):--
"Whiles a puft and _rechlesse_ libertine,
Himselfe the primrose path of dalliance treads,
And _reakes_ not his owne reed.
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