As it fell upon a day
In the merry month of May,
Sitting in a pleasant shade
Which a grove of myrtles made.
Address to the Nightingale,—Richard Barnfield.
Richard Barnfield, a noted English poet, was baptized at Norbury, Staffordshire, June 13, 1574, and died in 1627. He wrote: “The Affectionate Shepherd,” “Cynthia, with Certain Sonnets,” “The Encomion of Lady Pecunia,” “The Passionate Pilgrim,” etc.
Seven cities warred for Homer being dead,
Who living had no roofe to shrowd his head.
“Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells,”—Thomas Heywood.
Thomas Heywood, a famous English dramatic poet, was born in Lincolnshire (?), about 1575, and died in London (?), 1650 (?). Of all his poetry and prose his fame rests upon “A Woman Killed with Kindness,” “The Wise Woman of Hogsdon,” “Love’s Mistress,” etc.
Death hath a thousand doors to let out life.
“A Very Woman,” Act V, Sc. 4,—Philip Massinger.
Philip Massinger, a celebrated English dramatist, was born at Salisbury, in 1583, and died at the Bankside, Southwark, March, 1640. Among his famous plays are: “The Duke of Milan,” “The Fatal Dowry,” “A New Way to Pay Old Debts,” “A City Madam,” “A Very Woman,” etc.
It is always good
When a man has two irons in the fire.