Tower'd cities please us then, Where throngs of knights and barons bold If Jonson's learned sock be on, 120 125 130 Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, And ever against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse; Such as the meeting soul may pierce, 120 weeds] Troilus and Cressida, act iii. sc. 3. 'Great Hector in his weeds of peace. 122 Rain] From the Messaggiero of Tasso. della lor virtu.' Black's Life of Tasso, ii. 476. 135 140 Piovano quaggiu Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus' self may heave his head Of heap'd Elysian flowers, and hear Such strains as would have won the ear His half regain'd Eurydice. These delights if thou canst give, Mirth, with thee I mean to live. 147 Elysian flowers] See Par. Lost, iii. ver. 359. 145 150 ARCADES. Part of an Entertainment presented to the Countess Dowager, of Derby, at Harefield, by some noble persons of her family; who appear on the scene in pastoral habit, moving toward the seat of state, with this song. SONG I. Look Nymphs, and Shepherds look, Is that which we from hence descry, This, this is she To whom our vows and wishes bend; Fame, that her high worth to raise, Less than half we find express'd, 5 This] Jonson's Ent. at Altrope, 1603, This is shee, This is shee, In whose world of grace,' &c. Warton. 5 10 Mark what radiant state she spreads, Sitting like a Goddess bright, Might she the wise Latona be, Juno dares not give her odds; Who had thought this clime had held 15 220 25 As they come forward, the GENIUS of the wood appears, and turning toward them, speaks. GEN. Stay, gentle Swains, for though in this disguise, I see bright honour sparkle through your eyes; 23 give] Too lightly expressed for the occasion. Hurd. 30 Alpheus] Virg. Æn. iii. 694. 'Alpheum, fama est, huc Elidis amnem Occultas egisse vias subter mare, qui nunc Ore, Arethusa, tuo,' &c. Newton. 30 I know this quest of yours, and free intent To the great mistress of yon princely shrine, 46 curl] Jonson's Mask at Welbeck, 1633, ver. 15. 50 brush] Tempest, act i. sc. 4. 'As wicked dew as e'er my mother brush'd.' and P. L. v. ver. 429. Warton. 52 cross] Shakesp. Jul. Cæs. act i. sc. 3. 'And when the cross blue lightning seem'd to open The breast of heaven.' Warton. Warton. 35 40 45 50 55 |