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Specimens of the Early English Poets (2); To Which Is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language
Specimens of the Early English Poets To Which Is Prefixed an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language - 2 Author:George Ellis Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1811 Original Publisher: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown Subjects: English poetry History / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / Anthologies Poe... more »try / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The adventure which follows nearly resembles that of Dido and Bneas; but Lindsay, though more circumstantial, is less delicate than Virgil in relating the good fortune of his hero: which is the more to be lamented, because his description contains some curious particulars respecting the customs and fashions of the age. Sir David Lindsay has enumerated no less than seven contemporary poets, of whom, however, we have no remains, excepting three pieces composed by one of the Stewarts, and inserted in page 146, 148, and 151, of Lord Hailes's extracts from the Bannatyne MS. They are principally remarkable for the freedom with which they censure the conduct of King James V. But the finest specimen of Scotish poetry, during this period, is a piece which is quoted by Mr Tyrwhitt from the Maitland MSS. under the title of the Mourning Maiden, and printed by Mr Pin- kerton (Anc. Scot. Poems, 1786, p. 205.) THE MOURNING MAIDEN. Still under the leavis green This hinder day I went alone: I heard one mayl sair mourn, and meyne ) To the king of love she made her moan. 1 A virgin- Sax. ' Moan, complain. She sighit selyJ sore ; Said, " Lord, I love thy lore, " Mair woe dreit never woman one. " O langsum life ! and thou were gone, " Then should I mourn no more!" As red gold-wire shinit her hair, And all in gree...« less