Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings   By: Thomas Stanley

2. The author's textual notes occur near the end of the book, before the Index to First Lines.

As an aid to the reader this text uses a different style for references to those notes than the printed edition used.

References to the notes are marked within the text as "[number:number]" and within the textual notes section as "number:number." For example, [2:1] represents the first note in the second poem that has notes; [3:2] represents the second note in the third poem that has notes.

3. Additional Transcriber's Notes occur at the end of the book.

LYRICS: THOMAS STANLEY

Thy numbers carry weight, yet clear and terse, And innocent, as becomes the soul of verse.

JAMES SHIRLEY: To his honour'd friend Thomas Stanley, Esquire, upon his Elegant Poems. [1646.]

[Illustration: Thomas Stanley (1625 1678) ]

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.

EDITED BY L. I. GUINEY

J. R. TUTIN HULL 1907

TO C. N. G. IN MEMORY OF AN OXFORD WINTER

CONTENTS

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PREFATORY NOTE xi

I. LYRICS PRINTED ONLY IN THE EDITION OF 1647: The Dream 1 Despair 1 The Picture 2 Opinion 2

II. LYRICS PRINTED ONLY IN THE EDITION OF 1651: The Cure 4 To the Countess of S[underland?] with The Holy Court 6 Drawn for Valentine by the L[ady] D[orothy] S[pencer?] 7

III. LYRICS PRINTED ONLY IN EDITION OF 1657 [JOHN GAMBLE'S Ayres and Dialogues ] HAVING NO TITLES:

'On this swelling bank' 9 'Dear, fold me once more' 10 'The lazy hours' 10

IV. LYRICS PRINTED ONLY IN EDITIONS OF 1647 AND 1651: Love's Innocence 12 The Dedication to Love 13 The Glow Worm 13 To Chariessa, desiring her to Burn his Verses 14 On Mr. Fletcher's Works 15 To the Lady D[ormer] 16 To Mr. W[illiam] Hammond 17 On Mr. Shirley's Poems 18 On Mr. Sherburne's Translation of Seneca's Medea, and Vindication of the Author 20 On Mr. Hall's Essays 21 On Sir J[ohn] S[uckling] his Picture and Poems 22 Answer [to 'The Union'] 22

V. LYRICS PRINTED ONLY IN EDITIONS OF 1647 AND 1657 [GAMBLE]: The Blush 24 The Cold Kiss 25 The Idolater 25 The Magnet 26 On a Violet in her Breast 27 Song: 'Foolish Lover, go and seek' 28 The Parting 29 Counsel 29 Expostulation with Love, in Despair 30 Song: 'Faith, 'tis not worth thy pains and care' 31 Expectation 32