...characterized. Next Marloe bathed in Thefpian fprings, Had in him thofe brave fublunary things, That your.firA poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verfes clear ; For that fine madnefs ftill he did retain, .. Which rightly fhould poflefs a poet's...

...Marlow, bathed in the Thefpian fprings, " Had in him thofe brave fublunary things, " That your firft poets had; his raptures were " All air and fire, which made his verfes clear : " For that fine madnefs ftill he did retain, " Which rightly fhould poflefs a poet's...

...crowded on the daring imagination of the Greet : — as the fine lines of Drayton express it — ' Our Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That your first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine...

...: " Next Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave sublunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire,...made his verses clear : For that fine madness still be did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." And George Peele, in The Honour of the...

...me With almost wonder, so fine, clear, and new, As yet they have been equalled by few. Ne^t Marlow bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things, That the first poet* had, his raptures were, All air, and fire, which made his verses clear, For that fine madness...

..." Next Marme, bathed in the Thespian springs, "Had in Mm those brave transluuary things " That your first poets had ; his raptures were " All air and fire, which made his v erses clear ; " For that fine madness #till he di d retain, ' " Which rightly should possess a ipoet's...

...called The Censure of the Poets, in which he speaks of him in the folio-wing manner : " Next Marine, bathed in the Thespian springs, " Had in him those brave translunary things " That your first poets had ; his raptures were " A4 airai.d fire, which made his verses clear ; " For that...

...lines : " Next Marloe bathed in Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire,...which made his verses clear : For that fine madness stilj he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." 1 Nichols's Bowyur — with the...

...lines : " Next Marloe bathed in Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear: For thut fine madness still he did return. Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." 1 Nichols's Bowyer...

...than parallel." What! the " envious" Ben ? Impossible. Drayton thus characterises him : " Next Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave...which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness he did still retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.'* When, like Apollo, he came forth...