Prepared a feast less great than nice,
Where you may imagine first,
The Elves prepare to quench his thirst,
In pure seed pearl of infant dew
Brought and sweetened with a blue
And pregnant violet; which done,
His killing eyes begin to run
Quite o'er the table, where he spies
The horns of watered butterflies,
Of which he eats, but with a little
Neat cool allay of cuckoo's spittle.
Next this the red-cap worm that's shut
Within the concave of a nut.
Moles' eyes he tastes, then adders' ears;
To these for sauce the slain stags' tears,
A bloated earwig, and the pith
Of sugared rush he glads him with.
Then he takes a little moth,
Late fatted in a scarlet cloth,
A spinner's ham, the beards of mice,
Nits carbonadoed, a device
Before unknown; the blood of fleas,
Which gave his Elveship's stomach ease.
The unctuous dew-laps of a snail,
The broke heart of a nightingale
O'ercome in music, with the sag
And well-bestrutted bee's sweet bag.
Conserves of atoms, and the mites,
The silk-worm's sperm, and the delights
Of all that ever yet hath blest
Fairy-land: so ends his feast."
On the next page is printed: "Orpheus. Thrice excelling, for the
finishment of this Feast, thou must music it so that the Deities may
descend to grace it." This is succeeded by a page bearing a woodcut,
then we have "The Fairies Fegaries," a poem occupying three more pages
followed by another woodcut, and then "The Melancholly Lover's Song,"
and a third woodcut. The occurrence of the _Melancholy Lover's Song_
(the well-known lines beginning: "Hence all you vain delights") in print
in 1635 is interesting, as I believe that _The Nice Valour_, the play in
which they occur, was not printed till 1647, and Milton's _Il
Penseroso_, which they suggested, appeared in 1645. But the verses are
rather out of place in the little Fairy-Book.
APPENDIX III.
POOR ROBIN'S ALMANACK.
Herrick's name has been so persistently connected with _Poor Robert's
Almanack_ that a few words must be said on the subject. There is, we are
told, a Devonshire tradition ascribing the _Almanack_ to him, and this
is accepted by Nichols in his _Leicestershire_, and "accredited" by Dr.
Grosart. The tradition apparently rests on no better basis than
Herrick's Christian name, and of the poems in the issues of the
_Almanack_ which I have seen, it may be said, that, while the worst of
them, save for some lack of neatness of turn, might conceivably have
been by Herrick--on the principle that if Herrick could write some of
his epigrams, he could write anything--the more ambitious poems it is
quite impossible to attribute to the author of the _Hesperides_. But
apart from opinion, the negative evidence is overwhelming. Of the three
earliest issues in the British Museum, 1664, 1667 and 1669 (all in the
annual collections of Almanacs, issued by the Stationers' Company, and
all, it may be noted, bound for Charles II.), I transcribe the
title-page of the first. "Poor Robin. 1664. An Almanack After a New
Fashion wherein the Reader may see (if he be not blinde) many remarkable
things worthy of Observation. Containing a two-fold Kalendar, viz. the
Iulian or English, and the Roundheads or Fanaticks: with their several
Saints daies and Observations, upon every month. Written by Poor Robin,
Knight of the burnt Island and a well-willer to the Mathematicks.
Calculated for the Meridian of Saffron Walden, where the Pole is
elevated 52 degrees and 6 minutes above the Horizon. London: Printed for
the Company of Stationers."
In the 1667 issue the paragraph about the Pole runs: "Where the
Maypole is elevated (with a plumm cake on the top of it) 5 yards ¾ above
the Market Cross". The mention of Saffron Walden had apparently been
ridiculed, and the author in this year joins in the laugh, and in 1669
omits the paragraph altogether. But what had Herrick at any time to do
with Saffron Walden, and why should the poet, whose politics, apart from
some personal devotion to Charles I., were distinctly moderate, mix
himself up with an ultra-Cavalier publication? Also, if Herrick be "Poor
Robin" we must attribute to him, at least, the greater part of the
twenty-one "Poor Robin" publications, of which Mr. H. Ecroyd Smith gave
a list in _Notes and Queries_, 6th series, vii. 321-3, _e.g._, "Poor
Robin's Perambulation from the Town of Saffron Walden to London" (1678),
"The Merrie Exploits of Poor Robin, the Merrie Saddler of Walden," etc.
These have been generally assigned to William Winstanley, the
barber-poet, on the ground of a supposed similarity of style, and from
"Poor Robin" having been written under a portrait of him. Mr. Ecroyd
Smith, however, attributes them to Robert Winstanley (born, 1646, at
Saffron Walden), younger brother of Henry Winstanley, the projector of
the Eddystone Lighthouse. He assigns the credit of the "identification"
to Mr. Joseph Clark, F.S.A., of the Roos, Saffron Walden, but does not
state the grounds which led Mr. Clark to his conclusion, in itself
probable enough. In any case there is no valid ground for connecting
Herrick either with the _Almanack_ or with any of the other "Poor Robin"
publications.
INDEX TO PERSONS MENTIONED.
Abdie, Lady. [_See_ Soame, Anne.]
Alabaster, Doctor, II. 70.
Baldwin, Prudence,
I. 152, 189, 251
II. 78.
Bartly, Arthur, II. 36.
Beaumont, Francis, II. 4, 276.
Berkley, Sir John, II. 63.
Bradshaw, Katharine, I. 116.
Bridgeman, I. 46.
Buckingham, Duke of, I. 123.
Carlisle, Countess of, I. 78.
Charles I.,
I. 28, 29, 74, 133, 198;
II. 43, 87, 123, 202, 204, 207.
Charles II.,
I. 1, 105;
II. 13, 66.
Cotton, Charles, the elder, II. 119.
Crew, Lady,
I. 237;
II. 128.
Crew, Sir Clipseby,
I. 139, 201, 228, 248;
II. 18.
Crofts, John, II. 83.
Denham, Sir John, II. 39.
Dorchester, Marquis of, II. 124, 125.
Dorset, Earl of, I. 235.
Falconbridge, Margaret, II. 81.
Falconbridge, Thomas, I. 226.
Finch, Elizabeth, II. 123.
Fish, Sir Edward, I. 191.
Fletcher, John, II. 4, 269.
Giles, Sir Edward, II. 272.
Gotiere [Gouter, Jacques], I. 47.
Hall, John, II. 122.
Hall, Joseph, Bishop of Exeter, I. 77.
Harmar, Joseph, II. 125.
Hastings, Henry, Lord, II. 270.
Heale, Sir Thomas, II. 98.
Henrietta Maria, I. 133.
Herrick, Bridget, I. 255.
Herrick, Elizabeth, I. 26, 182.
Herrick, Julia, II. 143.
Herrick, Mercy, II. 86.
Herrick, Nicholas, II. 161.
Herrick, Robert, Poem on his Father, I. 31.
Herrick, Robert, Poem to his Nephew, I. 188.
Herrick, Robert,
I. 229;
II. 153, 157, 159, 160, 164.
Herrick, Susanna,
I. 243;
II. 128.
Herrick, Thomas,
I. 40;
II. 129.
Herrick, William, I. 88.
Hopton, Lord, II. 136.
Jincks, J., II. 96.
Jonson, Ben,
I. 188;
II. 4, 11, 30, 109, 110.
Kellam, II. 112.
Kennedy, Dorothy, I. 50.
Lamiere, Nicholas, I. 105.
Lawes, Henry, II. 94, 270.
Lawes, William, II. 108.
Lee, Elizabeth, II. 16.
Lowman, Bridget, I. 176.
Merrifield, John, I. 111.
Mince [Mennis], Sir John, I. 244.
Norgate, Edward, I. 152.
Northly, Henry, I. 155.
Oulsworth, Michael, II. 159.
Parry, Sir George, II. 151.
Parsons, Dorothy, I. 234.
Parsons, Tomasin, II. 129.
Pemberton, Sir Lewis, I. 183.
Pembroke, Earl of, I. 177.
Porter, Endymion,
I. 49, 87, 229;
II. 33, 154.
Portman, Mrs., II. 156.
Potter, Amy, II. 91.
Potter, Grace, II. 133.
Prat, II. 46.
Ramsay, Robert, I. 85.
Richmond and Lennox, Duke of, I. 212.
Selden, John, I. 179.
Shakespeare, William, II. 276.
Shapcott, Thomas, I. 148, 204, 209.
Soame, Anne, I. 181.
Soame, Stephen, I. 250.
Soame, Sir Thomas, I. 220.
Soame, Sir William, I. 163.
Southwell, Sir Thomas, I. 63.
Southwell, Susanna, I. 243.
Steward, Sir Simeon, I. 157.
Stone, Mary, II. 71.
Stone, Sir Richard, I. 232.
Stuart, Lord Bernard, I. 109.
Swetnaham, Lawrence, II. 158.
Tracy, Lady. [_See_ Lee, Elizabeth.]
Villars [Villiers], Lady Mary, I. 172.
Warr [_or_ Weare], John, I. 57, 253.
Westmoreland, Earl of, I. 47, 125, 215.
Wheeler, Elizabeth,
I. 55, 132;
II. 153.
Wheeler, Penelope, I. 236.
Wickes, John,
I. 165;
II. 37, 150.
Willan, Leonard, II. 121.
Willand, Mary, I. 239.
Williams, John, Bishop of Lincoln,
I. 62;
II. 267.
Wilson, Dr. John, I. 47.
Wingfield, John, II. 8.
Yard, Lettice, I. 155.
York, Duke of, I. 134.
INDEX OF FIRST LINES.
A Bachelor I will, I. 14.
A crystal vial Cupid brought, II. 24.
A funeral stone, I. 35.
A golden fly one show'd to me, I. 233.
A gyges ring they bear about them still, II. 61.
A just man's like a rock that turns the wrath, I. 190.
A little mushroom table spread, I. 148.
A little saint best fits a little shrine, II. 59.
A long life's-day I've taken pains, II. 11.
A man prepar'd against all ills to come, I. 160.
A man's transgressions God does then remit, II. 196.
A master of a house, as I have read, II. 73.
A prayer that is said alone, II. 226.
A roll of parchment Clunn about him bears, II. 117.
A sweet disorder in the dress, I. 32.
A wanton and lascivious eye, II. 66.
A way enchased with glass and beads, I. 111.
A wearied pilgrim, I have wandered here, II. 157.
A willow garland thou didst send, I. 201.
About the sweet bag of a bee, I. 36.
Abundant plagues I late have had, II. 188.
Adverse and prosperous fortunes both work on, II. 182.
Adversity hurts none but only such, II. 47.
Afflictions bring us joy in time to come, II. 182.
Afflictions they most profitable are, II. 174.
After the feast, my Shapcot, see, I. 204.
After the rare arch-poet, Jonson, died, I. 188.
After this life, the wages shall, II. 225.
After thy labour take thine ease, II. 163.
After true sorrow for our sins, our strife, II. 201.
Against diseases here the strongest fence, II. 162.
Ah, Ben! II. 110.
Ah, Bianca! now I see, II. 132.
Ah, cruel love! must I endure, I. 90.
Ah! Lycidas, come tell me why, I. 229.
Ah, me! I love; give him your hand to kiss, II. 91.
Ah, my Anthea! Must my heart still break, I. 27.
Ah, my Perilla! dost thou grieve to see, I. 8.
Ah, Posthumus! our years hence fly, I. 165.
Alas! I can't, for tell me how, II. 159.
All are not ill plots that do sometimes fail, II. 162.
All has been plundered from me but my wit, II. 90.
All I have lost that could be rapt from me, II. 212.
All things are open to these two events, I. 227.
All things decay with time: the forest sees, I. 25.
All things o'er-ruled are here, by chance, I. 248.
All things subjected are to fate, II. 7.
Along, come along, II. 148.
Along the dark and silent night, II. 214.
Although our sufferings meet with no relief, II. 163.
Although we cannot turn the fervent fit, II. 192.
Am I despised because you say, I. 75.
Among disasters that dissension brings, II. 75.
Among the myrtles as I walk'd, I. 132.
Among these tempests great and manifold, II. 147.
Among thy fancies tell me this, I. 162.
And as time past when Cato, the severe, II. 124.
And, cruel maid, because I see, I. 72.
And must we part, because some say, I. 57.
Angels are called gods; yet of them none, II. 224.
Angry if Irene be, I. 256.
Anthea bade me tie her shoe, I. 14.
Anthea, I am going hence, II. 95.
Anthea laugh'd, and fearing lest excess, II. 137.
Apollo sings, his harp resounds: give room, II. 269.
Art quickens nature; care will make a face, I. 120.
Art thou not destin'd? then with haste go on, II. 237.
As gilliflowers do but stay, I. 156.
As in our clothes, so likewise he who looks, I. 254.
As is your name, so is your comely face, II. 133.
As Julia once a-slumbering lay, I. 86.
As lately I a garland bound, I. 119.
As many laws and lawyers do express, II. 53.
As my little pot doth boil, II. 248.
As oft as night is banish'd by the morn, I. 29.
As shows the air when with a rainbow grac'd, I. 47.
As sunbeams pierce the glass, and streaming in, II. 231.
As thou deserv'st, be proud; then gladly let, I. 244.
As wearied pilgrims, once possessed, II. 16.
Ask me what hunger is, and I'll reply, II. 115.
Ask me why I do not sing, I. 164.
Ask me why I send you here, II. 6.
At draw-gloves we'll play, I. 122.
At my homely country seat, I. 191.
At post and pair, or slam, Tom Tuck would play, II. 46.
At stool-ball, Lucia, let us play, II. 45.
Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt, II. 137.
Away enchased with glass and beads, I. 111.
Away with silks, away with lawn, I. 193.
Bacchus, let me drink no more, I. 153.
Bad are the times. And worse than they are we, I. 198.
Be bold, my book, nor be abash'd, or fear, II. 11.
Be not dismayed, though crosses cast thee down. II. 137.
Be not proud, but now incline, I. 120.
Be the mistress of my choice, II. 36.
Be those few hours, which I have yet to spend, II. 241.
Beauty no other thing is than a beam, I. 39.
Beauty's no other but a lovely grace, II. 92.
Before man's fall the rose was born, II. 246.
Before the press scarce one could see, II. 107.
Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears, I. 81.
Begin with a kiss, II. 57.
Begin with Jove; then is the work half-done, I. 159.
Bellman of night if I about shall go, II. 182.
Besides us two, i' th' temple here's not one, I. 210.
Biancha let, I. 34.
Bid me to live, and I will live, I. 135.
Bind me but to thee with thine hair, II. 115.
Blessings in abundance come, I. 155.
Born I was to be old, I. 247.
Born I was to meet with age, I. 240.
Both you two have, I. 138.
Break off delay, since we but read of one, II. 63.
Breathe, Julia, breathe, and I'll protest, I. 84.
Bright tulips, we do know, I. 231.
Bring me my rosebuds, drawer, come, II. 6.
Bring the holy crust of bread, II. 103.
Brisk methinks I am, and fine, II. 134.
Burn or drown me, choose ye whether, II. 67.
But born, and like a short delight, I. 84.
By dream I saw one of the three, I. 192.
By hours we all live here; in Heaven is known, II. 240.
By so much virtue is the less, II. 66.
By the next kindling of the day, II. 88.
By the weak'st means things mighty are o'erthrown, II. 48.
By those soft tods of wool, II. 71.
By time and counsel do the best we can, I. 150.
Call me no more, I. 180.
Can I not come to Thee, my God, for these, II. 186.
Can I not sin, but thou wilt be, II. 193.
Care keeps the conquest; 'tis no less renown, II. 132.
Case is a lawyer that ne'er pleads alone, II. 127.
Charm me asleep, and melt me so, I. 117.
Charms that call down the moon from out her sphere, I. 122.
Charon, O Charon, draw thy boat to th' shore, II. 270.
Charon! O gentle Charon! let me woo thee, II. 58.
Cherry-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, I. 21.
Choose me your valentine, I. 36.
Christ, He requires still, wheresoe'er He comes, II. 192.
Christ, I have read, did to His chaplains say, II. 223.
Christ never did so great a work but there, II. 237.
Christ took our nature on Him, not that He, II. 238.
Christ was not sad, i' the garden, for His own, II. 227.
Christ, when He hung the dreadful cross upon, II. 228.
Clear are her eyes, I. 243.
Close keep your lips, if that you mean, II. 61.
Come, and let's in solemn wise, II. 99.
Come, Anthea, know thou this, II. 41.
Come, Anthea, let us two, II. 68.
Come, blitheful neat-herds, let us lay, II. 51.
Come, bring with a noise, II. 79.
Come, bring your sampler, and with art, I. 10.
Come, come away, I. 172.
Come down and dance ye in the toil, I. 9.
Come, guard this night the Christmas-pie, II. 80.
Come, leave this loathed country life, and then, I. 214.
Come, pity us, all ye who see, II., 216.
Come, sit we by the fire's side, II. 20.
Come, sit we under yonder tree, II. 15.
Come, skilful Lupo, now, and take, I. 46.
Come, sons of summer, by whose toil, I. 125.
Come, then, and like two doves with silv'ry wings, II. 2.
Come thou not near those men who are like bread, I. 5.
Come thou, who art the wine and wit, I. 238.
Come to me God; but do not come, II. 242.
Come with the spring-time forth, fair maid, and be, I. 176.
Command the roof, great Genius, and from thence, II. 55.
Confession twofold is, as Austine says, II. 244.
Conformity gives comeliness to things, II. 147.
Conformity was ever known, I. 28.
Conquer we shall, but we must first contend, II. 115.
Consider sorrows, how they are aright, II. 84.
Consult ere thou begin'st, that done, go on, II. 65.
Crab faces gowns with sundry furs; 'tis known, II. 37.
Cupid, as he lay among, I. 59.
Cynthius, pluck ye by the ear, I. 62.
Dark and dull night, fly hence away, II. 203.
Dead falls the cause if once the hand be mute, I. 154.
Dean Bourne, farewell; I never look to see, I. 33.
Dear God, II. 201.
Dear Perenna, prithee come, I. 110.
Dear, though to part it be a hell, I. 39.
Dearest of thousands, now the time draws near, II. 20.
Despair takes heart, when there's no hope to speed, II. 135.
Dew sat on Julia's hair, I. 226.
Did I or love, or could I others draw, I. 253.
Die ere long, I'm sure I shall, II. 151.
Discreet and prudent we that discord call, II. 64.
Display thy breasts my Julia--Here let me, I. 119.
Do with me, God, as Thou didst deal with John, II. 174.
Does fortune rend thee? Bear with thy hard fate, II. 87.
Down with the rosemary and bays, II. 104.
Down with the rosemary, and so, II. 129.
Dread not the shackles: on with thine intent, II. 144.
Drink up, II. 131.
Drink wine, and live here blitheful while ye may, II. 31.
Droop, droop no more, or hang the head, I. 6.
Drowning, drowning, I espy, II. 126.
Dry your sweet cheek, long drown'd with sorrow's rain, I. 131.
Dull to myself, and almost dead to these, II. 13.
Each must in virtue strive for to excel, I. 151.
Eaten I have; and though I had good cheer, I. 248.
Empires of kings are now, and ever were, I. 202.
End now the white loaf and the pie, II. 105.
Ere I go hence, and be no more, II. 260.
Every time seems short to be, I. 202.
Evil no nature hath; the loss of good, II. 207.
Examples lead us, and we likely see, II. 68.
Excess is sluttish: keep the mean; for why? II. 162.
Fain would I kiss my Julia's dainty leg, I. 175.
Fair and foul days trip cross and pile; the fair, I. 237.
Fair daffodils, we weep to see, I. 156.
Fair pledges of a fruitful tree, I. 220.
Fair was the dawn; and but e'en now the skies, I. 99.
Faith is a thing that's four-square; let it fall, II. 114.
Fame's pillar here, at last, we set, II. 165.
Farewell, thou thing, time past so known, so dear, I. 53.
Fat be my hind; unlearned be my wife, II. 116.
Fight thou with shafts of silver and o'ercome, I. 23.
Fill me a mighty bowl, II. 30.
Fill me my wine in crystal; thus, and thus, I. 234.
First, April, she with mellow showers, I. 26.
First, for effusions due unto the dead, I. 26.
First, for your shape, the curious cannot show, I. 237.
First, may the hand of bounty bring, II. 112.
First offer incense, then thy field and meads, I. 180.
Fled are the frosts, and now the fields appear, II. 27.
Fly hence, pale care, no more remember, II. 267.
Fly me not, though I be grey, I. 244.
Fly to my mistress, pretty pilfering bee, I. 124.
Fold now thine arms and hang the head, I. 56.
Fools are they who never know, I. 119.
For a kiss or two, confess, II. 130.
For all our works a recompense is sure, II. 93.
For all thy many courtesies to me, II. 83.
For being comely, consonant, and free, II. 8.
For brave comportment, wit without offence, II. 119
For civil, clean, and circumcised wit, I. 244.
For each one body that i' th' earth is sown, II. 236.
For my embalming, Julia, do but this, I. 161.
For my neighbour, I'll not know, I. 103.
For my part, I never care, I. 100.
For one so rarely tun'd to fit all parts, I. 152.
For punishment in war it will suffice, I. 165.
For sport my Julia threw a lace, I. 145.
For those, my unbaptised rhymes, II. 169.
For truth I may this sentence tell, II. 151.
Fortune did never favour one, I. 240.
Fortune no higher project can devise, I. 246.
Fortune's a blind profuser of her own, II. 45.
Fresh strewings allow, II. 69.
Frolic virgins once these were, I. 190.
From me my Sylvia ran away, II. 109.
From noise of scare-fires rest ye free, I. 151.
From the dull confines of the drooping West, II. 150.
From the temple to your home, II. 21.
From this bleeding hand of mine, I. 108.
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, I. 102.
Get up, get up for shame, the blooming morn, I. 82.
Give house-room to the best; 'tis never known, II. 116.
Give if thou canst an alms; if not, afford, II. 193.
Give me a cell, II. 73.
Give me a man that is not dull, II. 146.
Give me honours! what are these, II. 191.
Give me one kiss, I. 246.
Give me that man that dares bestride, I. 35.
Give me the food that satisfies a guest, II. 82.
Give me wine, and give me meat, II. 18.
Give unto all, lest he, whom thou deni'st, II. 239.
Give Want her welcome if she comes; we find. II. 12.
Give way, and be ye ravish'd by the sun, I. 246.
Give way, give way now; now my Charles shines here, II. 43.
Give way, give way, ye gates and win, I. 223.
Glide, gentle streams, and bear, I. 51.
Glory be to the graces! II. 76.
Glory no other thing is, Tullie says, II. 50.
Go, happy rose, and interwove, I. 121.
Go hence, and with this parting kiss, I. 217.
Go hence away, and in thy parting know, II. 269.
Go I must; when I am gone, I. 250.
Go, perjured man; and if thou e'er return, I. 59.
Go on, brave Hopton, to effectuate that, II. 136.
Go, pretty child, and bear this flower, II. 189.
Go thou forth, my book, though late, II. 164.
Go, woo young Charles no more to look, II. 13.
God as He is most holy known, II. 174.
God, as He's potent, so He's likewise known, II. 222.
God, as the learned Damascene doth write, II. 227.
God bought man here with His heart's blood expense, II. 237.
God can do all things, save but what are known, II. 228.
God can't be wrathful; but we may conclude, II. 248.
God could have made all rich, or all men poor, II. 192.
God did forbid the Israelites to bring, II. 230.
God doth embrace the good with love, and gains, II. 237
God doth not promise here to man that He, II. 247.
God from our eyes, all tears hereafter wipes, II. 223.
God gives not only corn for need, II. 191.
God gives to none so absolute an ease, II. 234.
God had but one Son free from sin; but none, II. 222.
God has a right hand, but is quite bereft, II. 244.
God has four keys, which He reserves alone, II. 239.
God has His whips here to a twofold end, II. 175.
God hates the dual numbers, being known, II. 246.
God hath this world for many made, 'tis true, II. 234.
God hath two wings which He doth ever move, II. 171.
God, He refuseth no man, but makes way, II. 222.
God, He rejects all prayers that are slight, II. 173.
God hears us when we pray, but yet defers, II. 176.
God hides from man the reck'ning day, that he, II. 224.
God in His own day will be then severe, II. 226.
God, in the holy tongue, they call, II. 231.
God is above the sphere of our esteem, II. 170.
God is all forepart; for, we never see, II. 173.
God is all present to whate'er we do, II. 243.
God is all sufferance here, here He doth show, II. 194.
God is His name of nature; but that word, II. 223.
God is Jehovah called: which name of His, II. 232.
God is more here than in another place, II. 234.
God is not only merciful to call, II. 173.
God is not only said to be, II. 170.
God is so potent, as His power can, II. 229.
God is then said for to descend, when He, II. 245.
God loads and unloads, thus His work begins, II. 172.
God makes not good men wantons, but doth bring, II. 211.
God ne'er afflicts us more than our desert, II. 171.
God on our youth bestows but little ease, II. 229.
God pardons those who do through frailty sin, II. 176.
God scourgeth some severely, some He spares, II. 174.
God still rewards us more than our desert, II. 244.
God strikes His Church, but 'tis to this intent, II. 176.
God suffers not His saints and servants dear, II. 243.
God tempteth no one, as St. Aug'stine saith, II. 225.
God then confounds man's face when He not hears, II. 228.
God! to my little meal and oil, II. 221.
God, when for sin He makes His children smart, II. 174.
God, when He's angry here with anyone, II. 171.
God, when He takes my goods and chattels hence, II. 200.
God, who me gives a will for to repent, II. 247.
God, who's in heaven, will hear from thence, II. 227.
God will have all or none; serve Him, or fall, II. 187.
God's boundless mercy is, to sinful man, II. 172.
God's bounty, that ebbs less and less, II. 194.
God's evident, and may be said to be, II. 232.
God's grace deserves here to be daily fed, II. 222.
God's hands are round and smooth, that gifts may fall, II. 225.
God's prescience makes none sinful; but th' offence, II. 238.
God's present everywhere, but most of all, II. 236.
God's rod doth watch while men do sleep, and then, II. 74.
God's said our hearts to harden then, II. 246.
God's said to dwell there, wheresoever He, II. 232.
God's said to leave this place, and for to come, II. 231.
God's undivided, One in Persons Three, II. 232.
Goddess, I begin an art, I. 245.
Goddess, I do love a girl, I. 171.
Goddess of youth, and lady of the spring, I. 133.
Gold I have none, but I present my need, II. 209.
Gold I've none, for use or show, I. 109.
Gold serves for tribute to the king, II. 247.
Gone she is a long, long way, II. 93.
Good and great God! how should I fear, II. 245.
Good-day, Mirtello. And to you no less, I. 105.
Good morrow to the day so fair, I. 195.
Good precepts we must firmly hold, I. 235.
Good princes must be pray'd for; for the bad, I. 37.
Good speed, for I this day, I. 107.
Good things that come, of course, for less do please. I. 154.
Great cities seldom rest; if there be none, II. 144.
Great men by small means oft are overthrown, I. 227.
Grow for two ends, it matters not at all, II. 37.
Grow up in beauty, as thou dost begin, II. 129.
Hail holy and all-honoured tomb, II. 254.
Handsome you are, and proper you will be, II. 123.
Hang up hooks and shears to scare, II. 104.
Happily I had a sight, II. 140.
Happy's that man to whom God gives, II. 185.
Hard are the two first stairs unto a crown, II. 114.
Hast thou attempted greatness? then go on, II. 64.