...of Ben Jonson's commendatory verses prefixed to the first folio edition of Shakespeare's plays : ' Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets, and with rage,...drooping stage ; Which, since thy flight from hence, hath moum'd like night, And despaires day, but for thy volumes light.' Ib. still, constantly. See note on...

...prefixed to F, of Sh. 'Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or checre the drooping stage ; Which, since thy flight from...mourn'd like night. And despaires day, but for thy volumes light.' ABBOTT (\ 200). Perhaps a Latinism. 14. angel] CLARENDON. Of course used here in a...

...for despair of in the last line of Ben Jonson' s commendatory verses prefixed to F, of Shakespeare : 'Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourn'd like night, And despaires day, but for thy volumes light.' — ABBOTT (§ 200) : Perhaps a Latinism. 20. Angell] CLARENDON : Of course used here...

...constellation there! Shine forth, thou Star of poets ; and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping Stage ! Which, since thy flight from hence hath mourn'd like night, And despairs day, but for thy volumes' light. BEN JONSON." To the folio of 1632, containing the Comedies,...

...a constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of poets, and with rage Or influence chide or cheer the drooping stage ; Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourn'd like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.* BEN JONSON. * Upon these superb lines Dyce makes the following...

...then, Burbage's death begins the decline of Shakespeare's popularity. Yet Jonson writes in 1623, — '' Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets and with rage Or...mourn'd like night, And despaires day, but for thy Volumes light." Digges says, in 1623, that the stage is "bankrout;" and Shirley, as we have already...

...then, Burbage's death begins the decline of Shakespeare's popularity. Yet Jonson writes in 1628, — " Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets and with rage Or...chide, or cheere the drooping Stage ; Which, since tfcy flight from hence hath mourn'd like night, And despaires day, but for thy Volumes light." Digges...

...yet appear; And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James! But stay; I see thee in the hemisphere Advanc'd, and...made a constellation there: — Shine forth, thou star of poete, and with rage, Or i ii Mm- тт. chide, or cheer, the drooping stage; Which, since thy...

...constellation there ! Shine forth, thou Star of Poets, and with rage, Or influence, chide, or cheer the drooping stage, Which since thy flight from hence hath mourn'd like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light ! 1550-1640.] THE LESS-KNOWN BRITISH POETS. [VERB, ETC. ON...

...a constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of poets, and with rage Or influence chide or cheer the drooping stage ; Which, since thy flight from hence, hath mourn'd like night, And despairs day, but for thy volume's light.* BEN JONSON. * Upon these superb lines Dyce makes the following...