...of the sank royal That was cast out of a butcher's stall." 12 /. "His raptures were All fire and air which made his verses clear, For that fine madness...retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." h. " Ah ! Freedom is a noble thing, Freedom mays man to have liking ; Freedom all solace to man gives...

...Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire, which made...retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Before leaving the subject, I must notice a remark by Charles Lamb, — the dear, delightful Charley....

...wild, musical words in praise of the eternal truths of liberty, fraternity, and equality : " . . . his raptures were All air and fire, which made his...retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Mr. Arnold's ideal is very different. Of broad, thoughtful brow and calm, unimpassioned demeanor, he...

...bathed in the Thespian springs Had in him those brave translunary thinga That your first poets bad : his raptures were All air and fire, which made his...retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." So Drummond's sonnet, " Icarus," pleased him with its stirring line : — "For still the shore my brave...

...himself, how poor a thing is man ! To the Countess of Cumberland. Stan2a 12. MICHAEL DRAYTON. 1563-1631. For that fine madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain. (Of Marlowe.) To Henry Reynolds, of Poets and Poesy. 1 In his will, he directed the stone over his...

...greatest of the pre-Shakesperian writers, and ' tlie true founder of the dramatic school ; ' — * ' For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess the poet's brain.' (Drayton.) ' In delineating character, he reaches a degree of truth to which they...

...the flrst. poets had: his raptures were All air and lire, which made his verses clear: For that line madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain. Hie lost was lawless as hie life, And brought about his death; For in a deadly mortal strife Striving...

...Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had; his raptures were All air and fire, which made...retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain. 'Exegi monumentum acre perennius.'1 This involves a double claim to immortality, not only for the poetry,...

...poet Tasso." To dub a poet mad was to pay him a compliment. As Michael Drayton praised Kit Marlowe: For that fine madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain. These stereotypes echoed certain realities of Tudor and Stuart England. Like Shakespeare's motley fools,...

...Thespian springes, Had in him those braue translunary (s) thinges, That the first poets had: his raptvres were All air, and fire, which made his verses clear: For that fine madness still he did retaine Which rightly should possesse a poet's braine. (t) In the 'Return from Parnassus', a sort of...