Hall's _Horae Vacivae, or Essays_,
published
in
1646, had at once given him high rank among the wits.
1646, had at once given him high rank among the wits.
Robert Herrick
?
.
952. _Weep for the dead, for they have lost the light_, cp. Ecclus.
xxii. 11.
955. _To M. Leonard Willan, his peculiar friend. _ A wretched poet;
author of "The Phrygian Fabulist; or the Fables of AEsop" (1650),
"Astraea; or True Love's Mirror" (1651), etc.
956. _Mr. John Hall, Student of Gray's Inn. _ Hall remained at Cambridge
till 1647, and this poem, which addresses him as a "Student of Gray's
Inn," must therefore have been written almost while _Hesperides_ was
passing through the press.
Hall's _Horae Vacivae, or Essays_, published in
1646, had at once given him high rank among the wits.
958. _To the most comely and proper M. Elizabeth Finch. _ No certain
identification has been proposed.
961. _To the King, upon his welcome to Hampton Court, set and sung. _ The
allusion can only be to the king's stay at Hampton Court in 1647. Good
hope was then entertained of a peaceful settlement, and Herrick's ode,
enthusiastic as it is, expresses little more than this.
_For an ascendent_, etc. : This and the next seven lines are taken from
phrases on pp. 29-33 of the _Notes and Observations on some passages of
Scripture_, by John Gregory (see note on N. N. 178). According to
Gregory, "The Ascendent of a City is that sign which riseth in the
Heavens at the laying of the first stone".
962.
952. _Weep for the dead, for they have lost the light_, cp. Ecclus.
xxii. 11.
955. _To M. Leonard Willan, his peculiar friend. _ A wretched poet;
author of "The Phrygian Fabulist; or the Fables of AEsop" (1650),
"Astraea; or True Love's Mirror" (1651), etc.
956. _Mr. John Hall, Student of Gray's Inn. _ Hall remained at Cambridge
till 1647, and this poem, which addresses him as a "Student of Gray's
Inn," must therefore have been written almost while _Hesperides_ was
passing through the press.
Hall's _Horae Vacivae, or Essays_, published in
1646, had at once given him high rank among the wits.
958. _To the most comely and proper M. Elizabeth Finch. _ No certain
identification has been proposed.
961. _To the King, upon his welcome to Hampton Court, set and sung. _ The
allusion can only be to the king's stay at Hampton Court in 1647. Good
hope was then entertained of a peaceful settlement, and Herrick's ode,
enthusiastic as it is, expresses little more than this.
_For an ascendent_, etc. : This and the next seven lines are taken from
phrases on pp. 29-33 of the _Notes and Observations on some passages of
Scripture_, by John Gregory (see note on N. N. 178). According to
Gregory, "The Ascendent of a City is that sign which riseth in the
Heavens at the laying of the first stone".
962.
