_The God
unshorn_
of l.
Robert Herrick
_ Cp.
Martial, VIII.
lxix.
1, 2:--
Miraris veteres, Vacerra, solos
Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas.
178. _Corinna's going a-Maying. _ Herrick's poem is a charming expansion
of Chaucer's theme: "For May wol have no slogardye a night". The account
of May-day customs in Brand (vol. i. pp. 212-234) is unusually full, and
all Herrick's allusions can be illustrated from it. Dr. Nott compares
the last stanza to Catullus, _Carm. _ v. ; but parallels from the classic
poets could be multiplied indefinitely.
_The God unshorn_ of l. 2 is from Hor. I. _Od_. xxi. 2: Intonsum pueri
dicite Cynthium.
181. _A dialogue between Horace and Lydia. _ Hor. III. _Od. _ ix.
_Ramsey. _ Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1628-1634. Some of his
music still exists in MS.
185.
Miraris veteres, Vacerra, solos
Nec laudas nisi mortuos poetas.
178. _Corinna's going a-Maying. _ Herrick's poem is a charming expansion
of Chaucer's theme: "For May wol have no slogardye a night". The account
of May-day customs in Brand (vol. i. pp. 212-234) is unusually full, and
all Herrick's allusions can be illustrated from it. Dr. Nott compares
the last stanza to Catullus, _Carm. _ v. ; but parallels from the classic
poets could be multiplied indefinitely.
_The God unshorn_ of l. 2 is from Hor. I. _Od_. xxi. 2: Intonsum pueri
dicite Cynthium.
181. _A dialogue between Horace and Lydia. _ Hor. III. _Od. _ ix.
_Ramsey. _ Organist of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1628-1634. Some of his
music still exists in MS.
185.
