presumed to make so bold with his name. These, and the like dishonesties, I know you to be cleare of; and I confl wish but to bee the happy author of so worthie a worke as I could willingly commit to your care and workmanship. This exposure, aided probably by the indignant remonstrance of Shakespeare, compelled Jaggard to cancel the original title-page of the 1612 edition, and substitute another, which bore no author's name. Such at least is presumed to have been the case, from the fact that Malone's copy of this edition, by the "fortunate negligence" of the old binder, contains two title-pages, one with and the other without an author's name. I. DID not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye,a If by me broke, what fool is not so wise II. Sweet Cytherea, sitting by a brook, To win his heart, she touch'd him here and there, Touches so soft still conquer chastity ;— Then fell she on her back, fair queen and toward; He rose and ran away,-ah, fool too froward! If knowledge be the mark, to know thee shall suffice; Well learned is that tongue that well can thee commend ; All ignorant that soul that sees thee without wonder; Which is to me some praise, that I thy parts admire : Thine eye Jove's lightning seems, thy voice his dreadful thunder, Which, not to anger bent, is music and sweet fire. Celestial as thou art, O, do not love that wrong, To sing the heavens' praise with such an earthly tongue! IV. Scarce had the sun dried up the dewy morn, A longing tarriance for Adonis made A brook where Adon used to cool his spleen : He, spying her, bounc'd in, whereas he stood; "O Jove," quoth she, "why was not I a flood! V. Fair is my love, but not so fair as fickle; A lily pale, with damask dye to grace her, Her lips to mine how often hath she join❜d, "When my love swears that she is made of truth," &c. and No. CXLIV.: "Two loves I have," &c. bto delight his ear;] The old text has, "ears." c If love make me forsworn,-] See "Love's Labour's Lost," Aet IV. Sc. 2. If music and sweet poetry agree,” As they must needs, the sister and the brother, One god is god of both, as poets feign; Paler for sorrow than her milk-white dove, "Once," quoth she, "did I see a fair sweet youth Here in these brakes deep-wounded with a boar, Deep in the thigh, a spectacle of ruth! See in my thigh," quoth she, "here was the sore:" She showed hers; he saw more wounds than one, And blushing fled, and left her all alone. And yet thou left'st me more than I did crave ; For why I craved nothing of thee still: O yes, dear friend, I pardon crave of thee,Thy discontent thou didst bequeath to me. IX. Venus, with young Adonis sitting by her d her, Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together: Age is full of care; Youth is nimble, age is lame; Youth is wild, and age is tame. Age, I do abhor thee, Youth, I do adore thee; O, my love, my love is young! Age, I do defy thee : g O, sweet shepherd, hie thee! For methinks thou stay'st too long. ΧΙ. Beauty is but a vain and doubtful good, A doubtful good, a gloss, a glass, a flower, f"Even thus," quoth she, "the warlike god embrac'd me,"—) In the latter part of this Sonnet the version in Fidessa differs considerably from the one before us. There, it runs as follows:"Even thus,' quoth she, the wanton god embrac'd me;' And thus she clasp'd Adonis in her arms: 'Even thus,' quoth she, 'the warlike god unlac'd me,' As if the boy should use like loving charms : But he, a wayward boy, refus'd her offer, And ran away, the beauteous queen neglecting; And all his sex of cowardice detecting; Oh, that I had my mistress at that bay, To kiss and clip me till I ran away." defy thee:-] Renounce or contemn thee. So, in "Romeo and Juliet," Act V. Sc. 3, "I do defy thy conjurations," &c. And as goods lost are seld or never found, So beauty blemish'd once for ever's lost, XII. "Good night, good rest." Ah, neither be my share! "Farewell," quoth she, "and come again tomorrow;" Fare well I could not, for I supp'd with sorrow. Yet at my parting sweetly did she smile, XIII. Lord, how mine eyes throw gazes to the east! Doth cite each moving sense from idle rest. While Philomela sits and sings, I sit and mark, And wish her lays were tuned like the lark; For she doth welcome daylight with her ditty, Sorrow chang'd to solace, solace mix'd with sorrow; For why she sigh'd, and bade me come to morrow. Were I with her, the night would post too soon; But now are minutes added to the hours; Short, night, to-night, and length thyself to morrow. SONNETS TO SUNDRY NOTES OF MUSIC. XIV. It was a lording's daughter, The fairest one of three, Her fancy fell a-turning. Unto the silly damsel! a-each minute seems a moon;] A correction proposed by Steevens, the old copy reading, "an hour," &c. valuable work, "A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare," &c. which has been published while these pages were in preparation for the press, suggests that we should read, "of a master;" that is, a scholar by profession, a master of arts. d On a day (alack the day!),-] This, as we have before re marked, is one of the three Sonnets found in "Love's Labour's Lost." It was printed also, with Shakespeare's name attached, in a collection of poems entitled, "England's Helicon," 1600, where it is entitled, The Passionate Sheepheard's Song. b Thou for whom Jove would swear-] In this line, unless some epithet to "Jove" has been lost, "swear" is employed as a dissyllable. My flocks feed not, &c.] These verses, under the title of The Unknown Sheepheard's Complaint, and subscribed Ignoto, are printed in "England's Helicon." They are found also, with music, in Weelkes's Madrigals, 1599. That Shakespeare had any hand either in them or in the poor effusion beginning, "It was a lording's daughter," &c. is inconceivable. -the cause of all my moan:] So Weelkes's Madrigals, and 'England's Helicon." "The Passionate Pilgrim" has, "my woe, &c. kAs well as fancy partial might:] This is very probably corrupt, but the change proposed by Steevens, "partial tike," is unendurable; and we have no faith in the reading said to be derived from a MS. of this poem in the possession of Mr. Collier, Query, "As well as partial fancy like," &c. "As well as fancy martial might"? Compare, "Lucrece," "A martial man to be soft fancy's slave!" 1-filed talk,-] Polished diction. m And set thy person forth to sell.] A reading supplied by a manuscript copy of this poem, of the age of Shakespeare, which Malone used. "The Passionate Pilgrim" has, "her person forth to sale." n-will clear-] So the MS. just referred to. "The Passionate Pilgrim" reads, "will calm," &c. And then too late she will repent, And twice desire, ere it be day, What though she strive to try her strength, The strongest castle, tower, and town, Serve always with assured trust, When time shall serve, be thou not slack A woman's nay doth stand for nought? Think women love to match with men, But soft! enough,-too much I fear; Yet will she blush, here be it said, To hear her secrets so bewray'd. XVIII. Live with me, and be my love,d a Begin when age does them attaint.] This is the lection of the MS. followed by Malone; it is poor stuff, but it has the advantage of being intelligible, which cannot be said of the corresponding stanza in "The Passionate Pilgrim,"— "Think women still to strive with men, To sin and never for to saint; b For if-] So the MS. "The Passionate Pilgrim" reads,― "Lest that," &c. c She will not stick to ring mine ear,-] The reading of the MS. used by Malone. That of "The Passionate Pilgrim" is,— "to round me on th' ear," &c. d Live with me, and be my love,-] This beautiful song, which By shallow rivers, to whose falls There will I make thee a bed of roses, A belt of straw and ivy buds, LOVE'S ANSWER. If that the world and love were young,* And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. XIX. As it fell upon a day In the merry month of May, Trees did grow, and plants did spring; Save the nightingale alone: f Senseless trees they cannot hear thee; All thy friends are lapp'd in lead; XX. Whilst as fickle Fortune smil'd, Thou and I were both beguil'd: is imperfectly given here, will be found complete at p. 687, Vol. I. It is generally supposed to have been written by Marlowe. If that the world and love were young,-] The present version of the "Answer" is also defective. Compare the copy in "England's Helicon," where it bears the signature, often adopted by Sir Walter Raleigh, of Ignoto. See also Percy's "Reliques," Vol. I. p. 237, edit. 1812. fbeasts, &c.] From the abridged version of this poem in "England's Helicon." "The Passionate Pilgrim" has "bears," |