XVII. Take, oh, take thofe lips away, Hide, oh, hide thofe hills of snow that are found in the Collection printed by W. Jaggard, in 159 the title of The Paffionate Pilgrim, excepting two, which have been inferted in their proper places; (p. 305, and 309,) a Madrigal ing with the words, Come live with me, &c. which has been as being the production, not of Shakspeare, but Marlowe; two Sonnets that were written by Richard Barnefielde. In th of these the two following fmall pieces have been added, the ticity of which feems unquestionable. MALONE. Take, ob, take thofe lips away.] This little poem is not printed Paffionate Pilgrim, probably because it was not written fo early a The firft ftanza of it is introduced in Measure for Measure. In Fl Bloody Brother it is found entire. Whether the fecond ftanza v written by Shakspeare, cannot now be ascertained. All the however, introduced in our authour's plays, appear to have be own compofition; and the prefent contains an expreffion of wh feems to have been peculiarly fond. See the next note. MALO 7 Seals of love, but feal'd in vain.] So, in Shakspeare's 142d "-not from thofe lips of thine, "That have profan'd their fearlet ornaments, "And feal'd falfe bonds of love, as oft as mine.” Again, in his Venus and Adonis: Pure lips, fweet feals in my foft lips imprinted, "What bargains may I make, ftill to be fealing?" MA On robose tops the pinks that grow,] The following thought of Prior's poems is akin to this: "An ugly hard rose-bud has fallen in my neck." STE XVIII. Let the bird of loudeft lay, To whose found chafte wings obey: But thou fhrieking harbinger, Foul pre-currer of the fiend, 9 Let the bird of loudeft lay,] In 1601 a book was published, entitled LOVES MARTYR, or ROSALINS COMPLAINT, Allegorically shadowing the Truth of Love, in the conftant Fate of the Phenix and Turtle. A Pom enterlaced with much Varietie and Raritie; now firft tranflated out of the venerable Italian Torquato Caliano, by Robert Chefter. Witb the true Legend of famous King Arthur, the laft of the nine Worthies ; being the first Ejay of a new British Poet: collected out of diverse autbentical Records. To thefe are added fome new Compofitions of feveral modern Writers, whofe names are fubfcribed to their severall Workes; upon the first Subject, viz. the Phoenix and Turtle. Among these new compofitions is the following poem, fubfcribed with our poet's name. The fecond title prefixed to these verses, is yet more full. "Hereafter follow diverfe Poetical Effaies on the former Subject, viz. the Turtle and Phoenix. Done by the beft and chiefeft of our modern Writers, with their Names fubfcribed to their particular Workes. Never before extant. And now firft confecrated by them all generally to the Love and Merit of the true-noble Knight, Sir John Salisburic." The principal writers affociated with Shakspeare in this collection are B. Johnfon, Marston, and Chapman. The above very particular account of thefe verfes leave us, I think, no room to doubt of the genuineness of this little poem. MALONE. 'On the fole Arabian tree,] A learned friend would read: Sole on the Arabian tree. As there are many Arabian trees, though fabulous narrations have celebrated but one Arabian bird, I was fo thoroughly convinced of the propriety of this change, that I had once regulated the text accordingly. But in emendation, as in determining on the life of man, nulla unquam cun&tatio longa eft; for the following paffage in The Tempest fully Tupports the old copy: -Now I will believe "That there are unicorns; that in Arabia "There is one tree, the phoenix' throne; one phenix "At this hour reigning there." This fingular coincidence likewise serves to authenticate the present poem. MALONE. 2 Herald fad and trumpet be,] So, in King John: "Be thou the trumpet of our wrath, "And fullen prefage of your own decay." STEEVINS. Augur Augur of the fever's end, To this troop come thou not near* ! From this feffion interdi&t Let the priest in furplice white, And thou, treble-dated crow", 3 But thou fhrieking harbinger, Augur of the fever's end,] So, in Hamlet: And even the like precurfe of fierce events, "As barbingers preceding till the fates, "And prologue to the omen coming on "Have heaven and earth together demonftrated The fhrieking barbinger here addreffed, is the fcritch-owl, precurrer of death. So, in a Midfummer-Night's Dream; "Now the wafted brands do glow, "While the fcritcb-owl, feritching loud, "In remembrance of a fhrowd." 4 To this troop come thou not near !] Part of this poem refemb fong in A Midfummer-Night's Dream: "Ye fpotted fnakes with double tongue, "Newts, and blind- worms, do no harm; "Come not near our fairy queen," &c. STEEVENS. 5-the eagle, feather'd king :] So, in Mr. Gray's Ode on the P of Poetry: thy magick lulls the feather'd king "With ruffled plumes and flagging wing." STEEVENS. That defun&tive mufick can,] That understands funereal m To con in Saxon fignifies to know. The modern editions read: MALONE. That defunctive mufick ken. Here the anthem doth commence: Love and conftancy is dead; Phoenix and the turtle fled So they lov'd, as love in twain Hearts remote, yet not asunder; So between them love did shine, Pro 7 And thou, treble-dated crow,] So, in The Rape of Lucrece: Ter tres ætates humanas garrula vincit 8 That thy fable gender mak'st With the breath thou giv'ft and tak’ft,] I fuppofe this uncouth expreffion means, that the crow, or raven, continues its race by the breath it gives to them as its parent, and by that which it takes from other animals: i. e. by firft producing its young from itself, and then providing for their fupport by depredation. Thus, in King John : and vaft confufion waits "(As doth a raven on a fick-fallen beaft) "The imminent decay of wrefted pomp." This is the best I can make of the paflage. STEEVENS. 9 But in them it were a wonder.] So extraordinary a phænomenon as bearts remote, yet not asunder, &c. would have excited admiration, had it been found any where else except in these two birds. In them it was not wonderful. MALONE. That the turtle faw his right Flaming in the phoenix' fight:] I fuppofe we should read light; i. e. the turtle faw all the day he wanted, in the eyes of the phenix. So, Antony speaking to Cleopatra: Z 4 "O thou Property was thus appall'd, Reason, in itself confounded, That it cry'd, how true a twain "O thou day o' the world, Again, in The Merchant of Venice: Baff. "We should hold day with the Antipodes, "If you would walk in absence of the fun. Por. "Let me give light, but let me not be light." STEEVENS. I do not perceive any need of change. The turtle faw thofe qualities which were his right, which were peculiarly appropriated to him, in the phoenix.-Light certainly correfponds better with the word flaming in the next line; but Shakfspeare seldom puts his comparisons on four feet. MALONE. 2 Property was thus appall'd, That the felf was not the fame ;] This communication of appropriated qualities alarmed the power that prefides over property. Finding that the felf was not the fame, he began to fear that nothing would remain diftinct and individual; that all things would become common. MALONE. 3 That it cry'd, bow true a twain Seemeth this concordant one!] So, in Dayton's Mortimeriados, quarto, 1596: "Still in her breast his fecret thoughts the beares, "And as his foule poffeffeth head and heart, "She's all in all, and all in every part." MALONE. 4 Love bath reafon, reafon none, If what parts can fo remain.] Love is reafonable, and reason is folly, [has no reafon,] if two that are difunited from each other, can yet remain together and undivided. MALONI. Whereupon |