Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. / With an Introduction, Textual Notes, a List of Editions, an Appendix of Translations, and a Portrait.

by Thomas Stanley

[40:3.] P. ” line 19. The name in 1651, 1657; but ‘Dearest’ in 1647.

[41:1.] The Kiss. (p. 49).

1647: ‘The Killing Kiss.’

[41:2.] P. 49, line 4. ‘Forms’ may be a misprint of 1651, 1657. This line in 1647 reads:

‘They both unite and join.’

‘They both unite and join.’

[41:3.] P. 49, line 6. ‘And’: 1651; ‘by’ (which carries out the context) in the others.

[41:4.] P. 49, line 12. 1647:

‘Our lips, our tongues, each other’s thoughts betray.’

‘Our lips, our tongues, each other’s thoughts betray.’