. A masque of dead Florentines : wherein some of death's choicest pieces, and the great game that he played therewith, are fruitfully set forth. s the Frates shadepasses. The rain descends and veils the scene. The end of the first part. 1 V ¥ - The Second Part. Begins under a cold clear sky. Enters the Herald, a young boy in ashort Greekish cloak and Phrygian cap. He carries a /Vzw-pipe and speakseagerly this sonnet. of new pro- The Tale is now of Love and Italy And Art their fosterling, of that new time When first the Sun scatterd the hoary rime Of older fashions, and leapt eagerly Forward an
. A masque of dead Florentines : wherein some of death's choicest pieces, and the great game that he played therewith, are fruitfully set forth. s the Frates shadepasses. The rain descends and veils the scene. The end of the first part. 1 V ¥ - The Second Part. Begins under a cold clear sky. Enters the Herald, a young boy in ashort Greekish cloak and Phrygian cap. He carries a /Vzw-pipe and speakseagerly this sonnet. of new pro- The Tale is now of Love and Italy And Art their fosterling, of that new time When first the Sun scatterd the hoary rime Of older fashions, and leapt eagerly Forward and up to flood the new with glee. Then, when the world was young and saw in rhyme And colour move all Nature, the sublime Prism and chord of God lay plain to see. Then every maid held godhead, every flower A sacrament, the fever and old dread Of living—ecstasy ! of loving—power! So Love calld from the grave the mighty dead : And he that voiced the music of the spheres, Plato the prophet, murmured down the years. A Masque of Dead Florentines ?7 boy is a shade,And the cup he quaffsIs down to the lees:Only Death laughs. Fi*st comas lippo youn a monks frock. I peered for God and found him underneathA girls shy eyes. Up then came Master Death,Saying, You monk, bow down to me instead ; Here is no god for you. My wench was dead. First CO of MIR-AN DO is a youth insoft raiment,reading in aHebrew book. ThenBARTO-LOMMEOSCALA in hisburghers dress,and spectaclespushed on tohis forehead.
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