Huc etiam referenda eft Torrifmeni apud Drydenum oratio, fenis in carcerem detrufi miseram fortunam fimpliciter quidem et poetice fimul defcribentis: "Antrum profundi carceris adibam nigrum, Regem, revinctum vinculis, regem tamen, "Sortemque magno pectore ferentem malam! "Tremula corufcans luce, dubiaque humidos Lampas vapores vix fugat-madido folo "Stratus jacebat membra fufpiciens fenex : "Labitur ocellis gutta in humentes genas "Subinde, et oris imbre canitiem rigat. Caput levavi-brachia circumdedit Humeris, fuumque preffit ad pectus tenens Amplexibus; collo pependi, atque afperi "Socius doloris miscui lacrymas filens! Eft I have been in fuch a dismal Place, "Where Joy ne'er enters, which the Sun ne'er chears; "The good old King, majestick in his Bonds, << Stole Eft etiam ubi mens perturbata imaginibus penitus externis, et tanquam adventitiis denotatur. Sic Califta apud Rowium animi fui defperationem indicat. "Natum dolori mente formavi locum, (Utinam receffus ifte contingat mihi) "Vallem reductam, nempe, quam claudit vetus, Mufco virens, umbra horridum picea nemus! "Ibi finiftra corvus infauftus canit "Omina; filentium loci rumpit levi "Murmure fluentis amnis exiguus fonus; « Humana nulla cernere eft veftigia, Offa nifi fævo amore quondam perdita, Quali egomet hodie pereo, quæ petiit locum "Moribunda triftem, virgo non patiens fui ©. Præterea "Stole down, and trickled from his hoary Beard;"He fent for me, and while I rais'd his Head, "He threw his aged Arms about my Neck; "And seeing that I wept, he prefs'd me close. "So leaning Cheek to Cheek, and Eyes to Eyes, "We mingled Tears in a dumb Scene of Sorrow. DOUBLE DISCOVERY. • "My fad Soul "Has form'd a dismal melancholy Scene; "Such a Retreat as I would wish to find: "An unfrequented Vale, o'ergrown with Trees "Moffy and old, within whose lonesome Shade Præterea reperire fæpe eft apud poetas, et præcipue Shakefperium, fimplicitatem iftam poeticis coloribus haudquaquam carentem. Teftor illam in Hamletio narrationem vividam de morte Ophelia ; Eft in fluentum prominens viridis falix, "Frondefque liquido fpeculo denfæ tremunt ; "Huc venit Ophelia floribus variis manu "Ferens corollam textilem, bullis, rofis, "Violifque, nulla lege compofitam; ftatim "Confcendit incauta arborem veluti volens "Figere corollam pendulo ramusculo; Infidus ille deficit planta, ruit "Virgo coronam floream fecum trabens ; Sufpenfa paffis veftibus undis natat, "Et cantilenas voce ceu Siren dedit "Triftes canora; nefcit infelix adit "Pericla quanta; Nereis tanquam, maris "Incola videtur, donec epotis aquis "Ravens and Birds ill-omen'd only dwell: "Who had long fince, like me by Love undone, FAIR PENITENT. « Onusta Onufta veftis fidit; heu! fundens melos "Obruitur undis turbidis ‘. Cui cognatam quidem et fortaffis parem apud Fletcherum carceris cuftodis filiæ defcriptionem æquum eft hic loci adeamus, quam certe ab ipfo Shakefperio fcriptam nonnulli judicaverunt : Pifcans in amplo regiam juxta lacu, "Dum pone denfas carices latui, meo "Intentus operi, et facile patiens, perfonat "Aures acuta, nefcio qualis, procul "Vox refona; miror audiens dein canticum f❝ There is a Willow grows aflant a Brook, "Fell in the weeping Brook: her Cloaths spread wide, "Or like a Creature native and indued "Unto that Element; but long it could not be, HAMLET. "Mulieris ore fuaviter, exigue tamen, Puerive miffum; protinus juris fui "Arundo vibrat undulis; peto locum ; At ille juncis confitus, cannis frequens "Fallit tuentem; forte qua cæcum fibi "Pifcator aditum fecerat fpectans, fatis Agnofco certis filiam fignis tuam. " Humi recumbens auribus dulces fonos Cerafis rubentes rofcidis, genas rofis"Nos rege coram pedibus antiquo modo "Motis, choreas rite ducentes leves, "Veniam precemur; inde fermonem novum Capit, querela temet ingenti dolens " Cras perditurum regio juffu caput; "At unde carpam funebres flores, ait, "Niteantque pulchre cuncta curabo domi? "Tum cantilenas recinit infauftas, abes "Formofe Palamon, Palamon O juvenis nimis "Formofe, dilecte nimis, beu Palamon abes, " Unda |