We're always moving hence, Like lines from the circumference, To some more in-lodged excellence. But He is one unmoved self-centr'd point of rest. NORRIS. The Prospect. WHAT a strange moment will that be, When winged, and ready for thy eternal flight, Thou shalt advance, and have eternity in sight. And yet how much more strange that state, When loosen'd from the embrace of this close mate. Thou shalt at once be plunged at liberty, And move as swift and active as a ray Thou, who just now was clogg'd with dull mortality, Then to strange mansions of the air, But knowledge all at once will overflow thee there. There with bright splendours must thou dwell, Then to thy old forgotten state must thou retire, NORRIS. The Retraction. I've often charged all sublunary bliss, Ye woods and streams have heard me oft complain I cannot wholly to thy charge agree, No, each of these is a firm, massy joy, Here may the venturous soul love on, and find, These sweets the truth of Heaven prove, NORRIS. THE END. Bacon, Francis, Lord, (1560-1-1626) Brooke Fulke Greville, Lord, (pub. 1633) Buxton Robert, 1576-1639-40 B. N., supposed Nicholas Breton Page 213 58 183, 185, 187 174, 175, 177, 178, 180 Daniel, Samuel, (1562–1619) 61, 63, 64 80, 83, 85, 86, 88 70, 71, 73, 74 195 Hagthorpe, (pub. 1622) Hall, Joseph, D.D., of Exeter, (1574-1656) Henrysoun, Robert, of Dunfermline, (reign of Henry VIII.) 89 Lovelace, Sir William, (1618–1658) Margaret, Duchess, of Newcastle, (1625-1673) Marshall, Thomas, (cir. 1620-1685) 183 194 65 188 Pembroke, Mary Sidney, Countess of, (- --1601) 43, 44 Phillips, Catherine, (1631–1664) 199, 200 Quarles, John, (1624-1665) Raleigh, Sir Walter, (1552-1618) 192 142, 144, 46, 148 28, 29 Page Sandys, George, (1577-1643) Shirley, James, (1594-1666) Sidney, Sir Philip, (1554-1586) Southwell, Robert, (1560-1595) Spenser, Edmund, (1553–1598–9) 108, 109, 110 152 56, 57 31, 32, 38, 39 Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, (cir. 1580–1640) 111, Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of, (1515-20-1546-7) Tate, Faithful, D.D., (middle of 17th cent.) Vaux, Thomas, Lord, of Harwedon, (1520–- -) 112 68, 69, 70 204, 208 22, 23 Anonymous, MSS. in Brit. Mus., (1456) Do. (pub. 1515-1537?) Do. (16th cent.) Do. 16th cent.) Do. (pub. 1600) Do. (pub. cir. 1620) 151 199 54 15, 16 131, 132, 133 77, 78, 79, 80 105 |