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CONTENTS.

The Ruminator, No. LIII. Few Books animated by genius: the great delight
afforded by fuch as poffefs it........
.LIV. The difficulty of a genuine transcript of the operations of the
mind greater than those who have not made the attempt sup-
pofe....

.LV. On the Beneficence of Providence in beftowing a Senfibility to
the Charms of Nature; and on the permanent Power of de-
lighting poffeffed by Poetry, which describes them.... ..
.LVI. On the Allegorical Style of Poetry of Collins; with a Com-

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CENSURA LITERARIA.

NUMBER XXXIII.

[Being Number XXI. of the New Series.]

ART. I. Old Madrigals.

i. *

"Ev'ry singing bird that in the wood rejoyces;
Come and assist me with your charming voices;
Zephirus come too; and make the leaves and fountains,
Gently to send a whispring sound unto the mountains;.
And from thence pleasant Eccho, sweetly replying,
Stay here playing where my Phillis now is lying;
And louely Graces, with wanton satyres come and play,
Dancing and singing, a hornpype or a rundelay.

* "Superivs. The first sett, of Italian Madrigalls Englished, not to the sense of the originall dittie but after the affection of the Noate. By Thomas Watson, Gentleman. There are also heere inserted two excellent Madrigalls of Master Wilham Byrds, composed after the Italian vaine, at the request of the sayd Thomas Watson. Imprinted at London by Thomas Este, the assigne of William Byrd, and are to be sold at the bouse of the sayd T. Este, being in Aldersgate-street, at the signe of the Black Horse, 1590. Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis." 4to." Has two pieces of Latin poetry prefixed, to Luca Marenzio and the Earl of Essex, by Watson. Twenty-eight songs; not in

Herbert.

VOL. IX.

ij. This

ij.

This sweet and merry month of May,
While nature wantons in her pryme,
And birds do sing and beasts do play,
For pleasure of the ioyfull time,
I choose the first for holy daie,
And greet Eliza with a ryme;
O beauteous Queene of second Troy,
Take well in worth a simple toy.

iij.

When all alone my bony loue was playing,
And I saw Phoebus stand at a gaze staying;

Alas, I fear'd there would be some betraying.

iiij.

How long with vaine complayning;

How long with dreary teares and joyes refraining;

Shall we renewe his dying,

Whose happy soull is flying;

Not in a place of sadness,

But of eternall gladnes;

[weeping

Sweet Sydney + liues in heau'n, O! therefore let our Be turn'd to hymns and songs of plesant greeting.

V.

All yee that joy in wayling,

Come seat your selues a-rowe and weepe beside me;

That while my life is fayling,

The world may see in loue whall ill bety'd me;

And after death doe this in my behoue,

Tell Cressed Troyilus is dead for loue.

By Byrd, who set the same words for four and six voices, as two CK

cellent madrigals."

Sir Philip Sydney died 16th of October 1586.

vj. Now

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