The history of English poetry, from the close of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century Volume 4 ; To which are prefixed, three ... 2. On the introduction of learning into Engla - Thomas Warton, Teacher's Edition, Paperback

• Release Date   5/19/2012
• ISBN-13   9781236259332 | 978-1-236-25933-2
• ISBN   1236259335 | 1-236-25933-5
• Format   Paperback
• Author(s)   Thomas Warton
• This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824 Excerpt: ...Albius Tilndlus, a deuisor. Tybullus, frend and gentle iudge Of all that I do clatter', What dost thou all this while abroade, How might I learne the matter? Dost thou inuente such worthy workes As Cassius' poemes passe? Or doste thou closelie creeping lurcke Amid the wholsom grasse? Addicted to philosophic, Contemning not a whitte That'sTM seeinlie for an honest man, And for a man of witte n. Not thou a bodie without breast! The goddes made thee t' excell In shape, the gods haue lent thee goodes, And arte to vse them well. What better thing vnto her childe Can wish the mother kinde? Than wisedome, and, in fyled framep, To vtter owte his minde: To haue fayre fauoure, fame enoughe, k An inventor, a poet. Knowledge, wisdom. Sajnente. l He means to express the loose and p Having a comely person. Or, to rough versification of the Sekmoses. speak with elegance. m That which is. And perfect staye, and health. Things trim at will, and not to feele The emptie ebb of wealth. Twixt hope to haue, and care to kepe, Twixt feare and wrathe, awaye Consumes the time: eche daye that cummes, Thinke it the latter daye. The hower that cummes unlooked for Shall cum more weleum aye. Thou shalt Me fynde fat and well fed, As pubbleq as may be. And, when thou wilt, a merie mate, To laughe and chat with theer. Drant undertook this version in the character of a grave divine, and as a teacher of morality. He was educated at saint John's college in Cambridge. where he was graduated in theology, in the year 1569 s. The same year he was appointed prebendary of Chichester and of saint Pauls. The following year he was installed archdeacon of Lewes in the cathedral of Chichester. These preferments he probably procured by the interest of Grindall archbishop of York, of whom he was a domestic...