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Shephard, of Cambridge, on the occasion addressed them to this purpose: You Roxb'ry poets keep clear of the crime Of missing to give us very good rhime. And you of Dorchester, your verses lengthen And with the text's own words, you will them strengthen. The Psalms thus turned into meetre were printed at Cambridge, in the year 1640.
The story is to be found in Mariana's history of Spain, B. 25. chap. 18. These plays are written in rhime. To the first is prefixed an essay on heroic plays, and to the second an essay on the dramatic poetry of the last age. All for Love, or the World well Lost, a Tragedy, acted at the theatre-royal, and printed in quarto, 1678. It is dedicated to the earl of Danby. This is the only play of Mr.
Whether these musical times can be applied to the lyric and heroic verses of the Greek and Latin poets, I do not pretend to determine; certain it is, that the dactyle verse of our language, when it is ended with a double rhime, much resembles the measure of Homer and Virgil, except in the length of the lines.
What a sweet way replied I, of declaring his Passion! To make such a couple of charming lines about me! What a pity it is that they are not in rhime!" "I am very glad you like it answered she; To be sure there was a great deal of Taste in it.
The serious part of the plot is founded on the history of Cleobuline, Queen of Corinth. The Rival Ladies, a Tragi-Comedy, acted at the theatre-royal 1679. It is dedicated to the earl of Orrery. The dedication is in the nature of a preface, in defence of English verse or rhime. The Kind Keeper; or Mr. Limberham, a Comedy, acted at the duke's theatre, printed in 4to. 1680.
Such rarae aves should be remitted to the epitaph writer, or to some poet who may condescend to hitch him in a distich, or to slide him into a rhime with an air of carelessness and neglect, without giving any offence to the reader.
But, lest you should think there is neither rhime nor reason in protracting this tedious epistle, I shall conclude it with the old burden of my song, that I am always Your affectionate humble servant. NICE, February 5, 1765. DEAR SIR, Your entertaining letter of the fifth of last month, was a very charitable and a very agreeable donation: but your suspicion is groundless.
A friend of his had spent much time in composing a book, and went to Sir Thomas to have his opinion of it; he desired him to turn it into rhime; which at the expence of many years labour he at last accomplished, and came again to have his opinion: Yea marry, says he, now it is somewhat; now it is rhime, but before it was neither rhime nor reason.
He said, he spent many a night in looking at his great toe, about which he had seen Tartars, and Turks, Romans and Carthaginians fight in his imagination. "That he had a design to write an epic poem, and was to call it Chrologia; or the Worthies of his Country, all in couplets, for he detested all other rhime.
which the English for Rhime sake translated, 'And into Pity turn'd my Rage. I have known the Word 'And' pursu'd through the whole Gamut, have been entertained with many a melodious 'The', and have heard the most beautiful Graces Quavers and Divisions bestowed upon 'Then, For, and 'From; to the eternal Honour of our English Particles.
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