5 To speed to day, to be put back to morrow; That doth his life in so long tendance spend ! 7. Want her peeres:-Spenser is supposed to refer here to Lord Burleigh in particular, who, as we know from other passages of the poet's works, looked rather doubtfully upon him. 31. Sir Philip Sidney. 1554-1586. (History, p. 56.) SONNET TO SLEEP. Come, sleep, O sleep, the certain knot of peace, I will good tribute pay if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed And if these things, as being thine by right, 2. Baiting-place of wit, the place where wit (which in Sidney's time meant intellect) baits, i.e., takes rest and refreshment. In M. E. bayte meant to feed, as in Chaucer, C. L., 194– "Eke ye moste bayte on many a hevy mele;" then to stop for refreshment, as in Paradise Lost, xii. 1— "As one who on his journey baits at noon." 4. Indifferent, impartial, who makes no difference between one man and another. 5. Prease, press, crowd. 32. Christopher Marlowe. 1564-1593. (History, p. 71.) A PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE. Come live with me and be my love, Pleased will I make thee beds of roses, Which from our pretty lambs we pull; If these, these pleasures can thee move, 8. Madrigal is, according to Diez, properly a pastoral song, fr. L. L. mandra, a flock, through It. madrigale. Sir Hugh Evans, in the Merry Wives of Windsor, quotes from line 7 to 10. 10. Posies:-posy is properly a motto 1 or device, Fr. pensée; and its modern meaning seems to have arisen from flowers being used emblematically; hence pansy (Wedgwood). 11. Kirtle, an upper garment for either sex, O. E. cyrtel. 33. Sir Walter Raleigh. 1552-1618. (History, p. 95.) If all the world and Love were young, 5 But fading flowers in every field, Thy gown, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy belt of straw, and ivy-buds, But could Youth last, could Love still breed ; Then those delights my mind might move 20 To live with thee, and be thy love. 8. Fancy, phantsie, phantasy, was often used by the poets of the Elizabethan age in the sense of love, as "Tell me where is Fancy bred."-Mer. of Ven. 15. Enticements:-entice is fr. Fr. attiser, to stir up, and that from It. tizzo, a firebrand (Diez). 34. THE SOUL'S ERRAND. This celebrated poem is sometimes called "The Lie," and, among other poets, has been assigned to Silvester and to Sir Walter Raleigh. It appeared in "Davison's Poetical Rhapsody" (1608). Go, Soul, the Body's guest, The truth shall be thy warrant. 2. Errand:-Max Müller takes errand, O. E. ærend (which meant simply work) from the root ar (as in Lat. arare, ear, to till, earth, oar, &c.), the prevalence of which is a proof of the high esteem in which agriculture was held by the Aryan family of nations. 25 Tell those that brave it most, They beg for more by spending, Who, in their greatest cost, Seek nothing but commending. And if they make reply, 30 Spare not to give the lie. Tell Zeal it lacks devotion; Tell Love it is but lust; 35 And wish them not reply, And as they do reply, Give every one the lie. Tell Wit how much it wrangles 50 Then give them both the lie. Tell Physic of her boldness; Tell Law it is contention : 55 Tell Fortune of her blindness; Tell Friendship of unkindness; And if they do reply, 60 Then give them all the lie. Tell Arts they have no soundness, Tell Schools they lack profoundness, And stand too much on seeming. 65 If Arts and Schools reply, |