. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Sun-dial on Eastern Gable ofSherborne Pillar-dial in Market-place, Carlisle, England. From an Old Print. The Roslcrucians 389 A distinct impress of Rosicrucian notions is foundin 2he Rape of the Lock ; indeed, Pope says plainlythat he composed his poem on a new and oddfoundation, the Rosicrucian doctrine of the sylphs and gnomes and salamanders ofthe poets fanciful brain had other pursuits andmanners than those of the Rosicrucian
. Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems . Sun-dial on Eastern Gable ofSherborne Pillar-dial in Market-place, Carlisle, England. From an Old Print. The Roslcrucians 389 A distinct impress of Rosicrucian notions is foundin 2he Rape of the Lock ; indeed, Pope says plainlythat he composed his poem on a new and oddfoundation, the Rosicrucian doctrine of the sylphs and gnomes and salamanders ofthe poets fanciful brain had other pursuits andmanners than those of the Rosicrucian have been learned papers written to provethat Shakespeare knew of the existence of the sectand felt its influence. The Tempest was written aboutsix years after the outburst of Rosicrucian contro-versy in Germany ; but any thought of a connectionbetween that exquisite creation Ariel and the com-paratively clumsy sylphs of the Rosicrucians is un-worthy any notice or refutation. Miltons masqueof Comus is no less zealously claimed for the Germansylph-makers, but in vain; the graceful mythologyof Greece stimulated the brain of the poet. Themasques of the times of James I a
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