NOTES TO THE MINOR POEMS. NOTE 1. Page 238, line 18. These irregular lines were suggested by Herrick's "Night Piece to Julia;" which last seems an imitation of a beautiful little Song in Ben Jonson's Masque of "The Gypsies Metamorphosed."-As it is short, I transcribe it. "THE faery beame upon you, In the noone of night, Till the fire drake hath or'egon you. "The wheele of fortune guide you- Till the bird of day And the luckier lot betide you." NOTE 2. Page 245, line 8. Because when she has looked with care She says, they've been quadrilling there. “Look, Babies in your eyes, my pretty sweet one, "There's a fine sport." The Loyal Subject. A. 2. S. 4. We read, however, of a young Lady who appears to have patronized the color. "And, when thou hear'st it, thou wilt blush for me, "And hang thy head down like a violet "Full of the morning's dew." A King and No King. A. 4. NOTE 4. Page 263, line 6. As a fanciful Bard somewhere joyously sings "Lest in watching the flight, "Of bodies of light "He might happen to take you for one, my dear!" THE END. MOORE. |