John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Bishop (John) Still. (1543–1607) (continued) |
| 216 |
| Back and side go bare, go bare, Both foot and hand go cold; But, belly, God send thee good ale enough, Whether it be new or old. |
| Gammer Gurton’s Needle. Act ii. |
| Thomas Sternhold. (c. 1549) |
| 217 |
| The Lord descended from above And bow’d the heavens high; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. On cherubs and on cherubims Full royally he rode; And on the wings of all the winds Came flying all abroad. |
| A Metrical Version of Psalm civ. |
| Mathew Roydon. (c. 1586) |
| 218 |
| A sweet attractive kinde of grace, A full assurance given by lookes, Continuall comfort in a face The lineaments of Gospell bookes. |
| An Elegie; or Friend’s Passion for his Astrophill. 1 |
| 219 |
| Was never eie did see that face, Was never eare did heare that tong, Was never minde did minde his grace, That ever thought the travell long; But eies and eares and ev’ry thought Were with his sweete perfections caught. |
| An Elegie; or Friend’s Passion for his Astrophill. |
| Note 1. This piece (ascribed to Spenser) was printed in The Phœnix’ Nest, 4to, 1593, where it is anonymous. Todd has shown that it was written by Mathew Roydon. [back] |