...were they ye should now awake." Spenser's Epithalamium. Again, in our author's Venus and Adonis : " Lo here the gentle lark, weary of rest, " From his...whose silver breast " The sun ariseth in his majesty." am unable to decide whether the following lines in Du Bartas were written before Shakspeare's song,...

...burnt out, and jocund day " Stands tiptoe on the misty mountains' tops." Again, in Venus and Adonis : " And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast "...majesty ; " Who doth the world so gloriously behold, " The cedar tops and hills seem burnish'd gold." MALONE. 3 KISSING with golden face, &c.] So, in King...

...fantastic wits? She said, 'tis so: they answer all, 'tis so, And would say after her, if she said no. Lo ! here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high, And wakes themorning, from whose silver breast That sun ariseth in his majesty: Who doth the world so gloriously...

...day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heuven's gale.' And again in Venus and Adonis: — ' Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his...whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty.' Perhaps Lyly's Alexander and Campaspe suggested this song : ' who is't now we hear ; None but the lark...

...day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate.' And again in Venus and Adonis: — ' Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his...And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The snn ariseth in his majesty.' Perhaps Lyly's Alexander and Campaspe suggested this song : ' who is't...

...and is heard chiefly in the morning. Shakespeare thus beautifully describes its rising — Lo ! hear the gentle Lark, weary of rest From his moist cabinet...wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun aroeth in his majesty. It rises in the air almost perpendicularly and by successive springs, and hovers...

...And again in Venus and Adonis : — ' Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cahinet mounts up on high, And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast The sun ariseth in his majesty.' Perhaps Lyl/s Alexander and Campaspe suggested this song : * who is't now we hear ; None but the lark...

...dejected, apprehensive, sorrowful for the absence of Adonis. She commences her search with the dawn. ' Lo! here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his...majesty : Who doth the world so gloriously behold, The cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold. Venus salutes him with this fair good-morrow : O thou...

...fantastic wits ? She said, 'tis so : they answer all, 'tis so ; And would say after her, if she said no. Lo ! here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his...majesty; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and bills seem burnish'd gold. Venus salutes him with this fair good-morrow: O tbon clear...

...fantastic wits ? She says, 'tit *o: they answer all, 'tis so ; And would say after her, if she said no. Lo! here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his...majesty ; Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold. Venus salutes him with this fair good-morrow : O thou clear...