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The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood (1851)
The Dramatic Works of Thomas Heywood - 1851 Author:Thomas Heywood Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE GOLDEN AGE; THE LIVES OF JUPITER AND SATUBN. ACTUS I. S(LENA I. Enter old Homer. The Gods of Greece, whose deities I raised Out of the earth, gave ... more »them divinity, The attributes of sacrifice and prayer, Have given old Homer leave to view the world, And make his own presentment . I am he That by my pen gave heaven to Jupiter; Made Neptune's trident calm the curled waves ; Gave jEolus lordship o'er the warring winds; Created black-hair'd Pluto King of Ghosts, And regent o'er the kingdoms fix'd below. By me Mars wars, and fluent Mercury Speaks from my tongue: I plac'd divine Apollo Within the Sun's bright chariot: I made Venus Goddess of Love, and to her winged son Gave several arrows, tipp'd with gold and lead. What hath not Homer done to make his name Live to eternity ? I was the man That flourish'd in the world's first infancy, When it was young, and knew not how to speak, I taught it speech and understanding both, Even in the cradle. Oh ! then further me, You that are in the world's decrepit age, When it is near his universal grave, To sing an old song; and in this Iron Age Show you the state of the first golden world. I was the Muses' patron, learning's spring, And you shall once more hear old Homer sing. [Exit.] Enter two Lords. 1 Lord. The old Uranus, son of the Air and Day, Is dead, and left behind him two brave sons, Titan and Saturn. 2 Lord. Titan is the eldest, And should succeed by the true right of birth. 1 Lord. But Saturn hath the hearts of all the people, The kingdom's high applause, his mother's love: The least of these are steps unto a crown. 2 Lord. But how will Titan bear him in these troubles, Being by nature proud and insolent, To see the younger seated in his throne, And he, to whom the true right...« less