 He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world in »5 some things: his verses of the Lost Chaine he heth by heart, and that passage of the Calme, That dust and feathers doe not stirr, all was so quiet.  The Rhetoric of John Donne's Verse - Page 8by Wightman Fletcher Melton - 1906 - 206 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pages
...appeared in 1613 ; and his Forth Feasting, written on occasion of the King's visit to Scotland, VII. •v- He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world...dust and feathers doe not * stirr, all was so quiet. AfErmeth Done to have written all his best pieces ere he was 25 years old. Sir Edward [Henry] Wotton's... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pages
...Meliades appeared in 1613 ; and his Forth Feasting, written on occasion of the King's visit to Scotland, He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world...dust and feathers doe not stirr, all was so quiet. Affirmeth Done to have written all his best pieces ere he was 25 years old. Sir Edward [Henry] Wotton's... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pages
...place Of affidavits." Jonson well knew Donne's powers. Drummond records that " He esteemeth John Donne the first poet in the world in some things : his verses of the ' Lost Chain' he hath by heart ; and that passage of the ' Calm,' ' That dust and feathers do not stir, all... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1852 - 174 pages
...forth example, and remaines so yet : " He esteemeth John Donne," writes Drammond, of Hawthornden, " the first poet in the world in some things ; his verses of The Lost Chaine, he hath hy heart ; and the passage of the The Calme, that dust and feathers did not stir, all was so quiet."... | |
 | Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright - English drama - 1853 - 510 pages
...elegies " on Mistris Boulstred," printed in Donne's Poems, pp. 253, and 258, edit. 1669, 8vo. VII. He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world...dust and feathers doe not stirr, all was so quiet. Affirmeth Done to have written all his best pieces ere he was 25 years old. Sir Edward [Henry] Wotton's... | |
 | 1853 - 298 pages
...elegies " on Mistris Boulstred," printed in Donne's Poems, pp. 253, and 258, edit. 1669, 8vo. VII. He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world...dust and feathers doe not stirr, all was so quiet. Affirmeth Done to have written all his best pieces ere he was 25 years old. Sir Edward [Henry] Wotton's... | |
 | Mary (Queen of Scots) - Queens - 1855 - 306 pages
...understood, would perish." Another dictum recorded by Drummond is that ' ' he esteemeth John Donne the first poet in the world in some things : his verses of ' The Lost Chain ' he hath by heart." Now this is curious, for the piece in question — "Elegie XI: The Bracelet"... | |
 | Izaak Walton - 1865 - 182 pages
...Came forth example, and reniâmes so yet: " He esteemeth John Donne," writes Drummond, of Hawthornden, "the first poet in the world in some things ; his verses of The Lost Chaîne, he bath by heart ; and the passage of the The Calme, that dust and feathers did not stir,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 560 pages
...running ; yett that he wished, to please the King, that piece of Forth Feasting had been his owne. VII. He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world in some things : 7 his verses of the Lost Chaine bearing Jonson's initials, cannot possibly have come from the same... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 558 pages
...running; yett that he wished, to please the King, that piece of Forth Feasting had been his owne. vn. He esteemeth John Done the first poet in the world in some things :7 his verses of the Lost Chaine bearing Jonson's initials, cannot possibly have come from the same... | |
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