. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. ir melodiousvoices, bid welcome to the cheerful IZAAK WALTON spring, and in their fixed mouths warble forth such ditties as no art or instrument can reach to ! . .But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweetloud music out of her little instrumental throat that it might makemankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, whenthe very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I h
. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. ir melodiousvoices, bid welcome to the cheerful IZAAK WALTON spring, and in their fixed mouths warble forth such ditties as no art or instrument can reach to ! . .But the nightingale, another of my airy creatures, breathes such sweetloud music out of her little instrumental throat that it might makemankind to think miracles are not ceased. He that at midnight, whenthe very laborer sleeps securely, should hear, as I have very often, theclear airs, the sweet descants, the natural rising and falling, the doublingand redoubling of her voice, might well be lifted above earth, and say:• Lord, what music hast thou provided for the saints in heaven, whenthou affordest bad men such music upon earth!11 The law of action and reaction is curiously illustrated inthe history of the seventeenth century. The Puritan age,with its theaters all closed and its strict Sabbath observance,was followed by the Restoration, when a pleasure-lovingking set the fashion of dissolute living, and a great part of. 42 THE PURITAN AND RESTORATION PERIODS the people followed his example. The literature of theperiod as usual reflected the changed attitude. In placeof the serious and dignified poetry of Milton and Herbertwe find poets occupying themselves with satire, or amusingthe court with plays which reflected its own low moralstandards. Samuel Butler ridiculed the Puritans in a cleverpoem called Hudibras. Some of his couplets are still re-membered, as: We grant although he had much witHe was very shy of using it. He could distinguish and divideA hair twixt south and southwest side;On either side he could dispute,Confute, change hands, and still confute. Butler describes the Puritans as men who Compound for sins they are inclined toBy damning those they have no mind to. In some respects, however, the Restoration influenc
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