_A Ring
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172.
_A Ring presented to Julia. _ Printed without variation in _Witts
Recreations_, 1650, under the title: "With a O to Julia".
174. _Still thou reply'st: The Dead. _ 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.
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172.
_A Ring presented to Julia. _ Printed without variation in _Witts
Recreations_, 1650, under the title: "With a O to Julia".
174. _Still thou reply'st: The Dead. _ 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.
