_ Henry
Lawes (1595-1662), the friend of Milton, admitted a
Gentleman
of the
Chapel Royal, 1625.
Robert Herrick
_To
make loose gowns for mackerel._ From Catullus, xcv. 1:--
At Volusi annales Paduam morientur ad ipsam,
Et laxas scombris saepe dabunt tunicas.
846. _And what we blush to speak_, etc. Ovid, _Phaedra to Hipp._ 10:
Dicere quae puduit scribere jussit amor.
849. _'Tis sweet to think_, etc. Seneca, _Herc. Fur._ 657-58: Quae fuit
durum pati Meminisse dulce est.
851. _To Mr. Henry Lawes, the excellent composer of his lyrics.
_ Henry
Lawes (1595-1662), the friend of Milton, admitted a
Gentleman
of the
Chapel Royal, 1625.
In the _Noble Numbers_ he is mentioned as the
composer of Herrick's _Christmas Carol_ and the first of his two
_New-Year's Gifts_. Lawes also set to music Herrick's _Not to Love_, _To
Mrs. Eliz. Wheeler_ (Among the Myrtles as I walked), _The Kiss_, _The
Primrose_, _To a Gentlewoman objecting to him his Grey Hairs_, and
doubtless others.
