[The lover having dreame enjoying of his love, complaineth that the dream is not either longer or truer.] Unstable dream, according to the place, By good respect, in such a dangerous case, And when it was at wish, could not remain ? [The lover beseecheth his mistress not to forget his stedfast faitt and true intent.] Forget not yet the tried intent Of such a truth as I have meant ; Forget not yet when first began Forget not yet the great assays, Forget not yet! Forget not! oh! forget not this, Forget not then thine own approved, [The lover complaineth of the unkindness of his love.] My lute, awake! perform the last Proud of the spoil that thou hast got Vengeance shall fall on thy disdain, Unquit to cause thy lovers plain, Although my lute and I have done. May chance thee lie withered and old And then may chance thee to repent Now cease, my lute! This is the last ON HIS RETURN FROM SPAIN. Tagus farewell! that westward with thy streams FROM THE SECOND SATIRE. My Poins, I cannot frame my tongue to feign, I cannot honour them that set their part Al. My king, my country. I seek, for whom I live; With Venus, and Bacchus, all their life long, I cannot wrest the law to fill the coffer, And do most hurt where that most help I offer. Of high Caesar, and damn Cato to die, And scorn the story that the Knight told; Praise him for counsel that is drunk of ale; Grin when he laughs, that beareth all the sway; On other's lust to hang both night and day. THE EARL OF SURREY. [HENRY HOWARD was the eldest son of Thomas Earl of Surrey, by his second wife, the Lady Elizabeth Stafford, daughter of Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham. The date and place of his birth are alike unknown. It probably occurred in 1517. He became Earl of Surrey on the accession of his father to the dukedom of Norfolk in 1524. The incidents of his early life are buried in obscurity; the incidents of his later life rest on evidence rarely trustworthy and frequently apocryphal. He was beheaded on Tower Hill January 21, 1547, nominally on a charge of high treason, really in consequence of having fallen a victim to a Court intrigue, the particulars of which it is now impossible to unravel. With regard to the chronology of his various poems we have nothing to guide us. Though they were extensively circulated in manuscript during his lifetime, they were not printed till June 1557, when they made their appearance, together with Wyatt's poems and several fugitive pieces by other authors, in Tottel's Miscellany.] The works of Surrey, though not so numerous as those of his friend Wyatt, are of a very varied character. They consist of sonnets, of miscellaneous poems in different measures, of lyrics, of elegies, of translations, of Scriptural paraphrases, of two long versions from Virgil. The distinctive feature of Surrey's genius is its ductility; its characteristic qualities are grace, vivacity, pathos, picturesqueness. He had the temperament of a true poet, refinement, sensibility, a keen eye for the beauties of nature, a quick and lively imagination, great natural powers of expression. His tone is pure and lofty, and his whole writings breathe that chivalrous spirit which still lingered among the satellites of the eighth Henry. His diction is chaste and perspicuous, and though it bears all the marks of careful elaboration it has no trace of stiffness or pedantry. His verse is so smooth, and at times so delicately musical, that Warton questioned whether in these qualities at least our versifica tion has advanced since Surrey tuned it for the first time. Without the learning of Wyatt, his literary skill is far greater. His taste is |