The letter is
evidently
written from London, where the plague is
prevalent.
prevalent.
John Donne
' If we drop the epithet 'good', this
criticism will apply to a considerable portion of metaphysical poetry.
PAGE =205=, l. 30. _thy zanee_, i. e. thy imitator, as the Merry-Andrew
imitates the Mountebank:
He's like the Zani to a tumbler
That tries tricks after him to make men laugh.
Jonson, _Every Man out of his Humour_, IV. i.
PAGE =205=. TO M^r T. W.
l. 1. _Haste thee, &c. _ By the lines 5-6, supplied from _W_, this poem
is restored to the compass of a sonnet, though a very irregular one in
form.
The letter is evidently written from London, where the plague is
prevalent. The letter is to be (l. 14) Donne's pledge of affection if
he lives, his testament if he dies.
PAGE =206=. TO M^r T. W.
l. 5. _hand and eye_ is the reading of all the MSS. , including _W_.
It is written in the latter with a contraction which could easily be
mistaken for 'or'.
TO M^r T. W.
l. 3. _I to the Nurse, they to the child of Art.
criticism will apply to a considerable portion of metaphysical poetry.
PAGE =205=, l. 30. _thy zanee_, i. e. thy imitator, as the Merry-Andrew
imitates the Mountebank:
He's like the Zani to a tumbler
That tries tricks after him to make men laugh.
Jonson, _Every Man out of his Humour_, IV. i.
PAGE =205=. TO M^r T. W.
l. 1. _Haste thee, &c. _ By the lines 5-6, supplied from _W_, this poem
is restored to the compass of a sonnet, though a very irregular one in
form.
The letter is evidently written from London, where the plague is
prevalent. The letter is to be (l. 14) Donne's pledge of affection if
he lives, his testament if he dies.
PAGE =206=. TO M^r T. W.
l. 5. _hand and eye_ is the reading of all the MSS. , including _W_.
It is written in the latter with a contraction which could easily be
mistaken for 'or'.
TO M^r T. W.
l. 3. _I to the Nurse, they to the child of Art.
