, 1870-04-17
DEATHS KINSMAN.
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o Of - Delia," !" md dedicated to May, Count,
I OF Pembroke BY Samuel D Daniel tie conte
busa35 bbo.a,5 q 5hakspeate, and poetlaureate
T. Tag eirnile from the original edition" edit
T. by Ar. J. Payne Collier. Tbs 4Nenru
oinaaV 10. has lengthy notice Of the repril
III With = slor sketch of Samuel Daniels Il,
IL th.t Hn,en u. we % nsy herr supplement- By ssyi
, S1ms-.a..s;r a.s s6;rshplsee c Vas near q Ta1nto
gssistiy ~ Of III, "ss ins e..a;sa saas E Ea4
q christian and nu1nane twn holv pronheta,
b m1n.oEs g 70 qualify his raptures, that /
d AonosFed ~ phruphaness." He.wsa for thr
n years at Magdslen Han, Oxford, We RTE
. however, to the A0enonm review Of dali,
Q 70 saoeaa.y note the following paragraph;
b VERY frequently We come upon nI,rs,e
; ne honor Of jnrenting which has been asa;c1
0 G e. 70 iateH M 67 6men7 "a In this hnAmanship .
Gsre-eh1ner. Sleep, son OF the sasle Sleht.
@'""" 20 4*ath, IN stteut daEtness born,
| Of which relationship Daniel himself ",
Ptuoanls not the hrnt Gscovcrer''
Il 1s remarkable that the yery sam. MRS,
Il to be found IN the play of Talsutinian :" I r
Fauuaout and Fletcher, who we're contsnnno
'fanes OF Daniel; but As tho exstt i1ato NJ rn7n
rsaauon cannot be assigned to their plav. II
Impossible to Say whether priority In thp us
=. tn9 Phrase il due to them or to Same
Daniel! THIS Ia WlAt Beaumont and FIcirhe
said Of Sleep: ~1-4 = ''e'''.
Gnalesenalmlng Sleep, thou eAser Of all woca.
On this afalcted Prince. A1aSS@
1ns Is curious literary parallel, if it ma,
& aos oe e eaued plagiarism. Samuel Daniels
most famous contemporary, Shakespeare. h,s
aaso the Same tdea, though not expressed Il
qulte me same language In I" AtcSoth." W.
hare sleep called "the death Of each dsv.s
iet, IT, We Sss,hs ssea: counterfeit" and in Ham
| 1rn
To A'een e.. peFcaanes to disan:~ss' there's the
For IN a,n11 sn.s slsep Of de.th ~har dreams ma,
So tn. u leaet three oontemporas, poete and
aramatsta Lad made use Of tbs i1ex aug
gested ty the likeness Of Sleep to Death.
since then time. the idea has been tfeoueut-
| EtepeAted Shelley, in his Queen Nab. !"
lAtlonshp of tha two:
How wonderful Is Death.
peath and Ills brother Sleep1
bntle1, IN hia 'Hudibrzs," haa tlla following
By counterfeitin9 pes.h TeviY'd. @ Isoe'%
>. DDfyden. N his don Sebastian" FAVE,
Death to q man IN misery is sleep = nnd. in
another OF his plays, he says:
tnI tno9 @ shalt sieep and never wake aza.n.
~ hy freaas % .a. auI III IL toae ICE sop P:!a Ina
Which, in foEgetful Death, thou leayst Behind MIo
40 o1,n or sa1n a ~ our tears nor drive thee from
I, Ihe xo.st tas. can hefall thee, reasar'd right
Is found sfunber and long good night
And again:
sann az syn ~ In IN sleep. the body wrant in ease,
And, waattnR nothing, nothing "a # crave.
"efe that sound sleep eternal, i Wefe Dessh.
Maere uow Is Homer, who posscss'd the thrnn,.
~ nalnot10 *osk re1nAtns, the mortal aathora |
Ns A9a ssoaSee.s M taeu a.a.n to ,,e!a thy breath,
! y nose very life is little more than Deaih
And, when aware, thy soni 6ut nass s1s d I'D
p7''aeeams and aef{y thoughts ravolTtng in thy
Dennia has the following couceit:
Satu.c! alas, Why an thou 20
sleep, ia. Il Il IT, fsa'Fss bess fenass sss
sof Death It bears 4 faste
AM both are the same tAtnpH at tsst
CoWley comes nearer to tho mention Of c1ose |
,eII11uonshlp I1 between Death and Slcep Il, thc |
. ~ coup1et from IN cde to the .!drogsT
Thee and Thy kiusman Death defY.
las these lines: '
senF Tass IT, s1ss xsnSs, seem en- e tesr
3alts, children, YOUTH and men,
Night following msht for tareescore years and
&C" oood q .5d Bishop Ken's Evening Hymn" re-
Teach me 10 liye that may dread
2ne gfAre rs little a. my bed: q
nd lhonaas Wharton's elegant Latin enirr.m,
i4s'en Iot me pedestal of stAtue Of Som ! {
" W, Ri1sed z the gazden Of his friend Hal7is,
ome lev1s quatuquam certlssluA morris imam. ! Q
nosottem ,aa cuplo e tamen case tott: '1''S>"' i
'ysse Wn; qustn suars 81; lie slne more nor, t.
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