239
TO JOHN NICHOL 241
DYSTHANATOS 243
EUONYMOS 244
ON THE RUSSIAN PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS 245
BISMARCK AT CANOSSA 246
QUIA NOMINOR LEO 247
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL 249
SIR WILLIAM GOMM 250

SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS

1590-1650

I. Christopher Marlowe 297
II. William Shakespeare 298
III. Ben Jonson 299
IV. Beaumont and Fletcher 300
V. Philip Massinger 301
VI. John Ford 302
VII. John Webster 303
VIII. Thomas Decker 304
IX. Thomas Middleton 305
X. Thomas Heywood 306
XI. George Chapman 307
XII. John Marston 308
XIII. John Day 309
XIV. James Shirley 310
XV. The Tribe of Benjamin 311
XVI. Anonymous Plays: "Arden of Feversham" 312
XVII. Anonymous Plays 313
XVIII. Anonymous Plays 314
XIX. The Many 315
XX. The Many 316
XXI. Epilogue 317

SONNETS

HOPE AND FEAR

Beneath the shadow of dawn's aerial cope,
With eyes enkindled as the sun's own sphere,
Hope from the front of youth in godlike cheer
Looks Godward, past the shades where blind men grope
Round the dark door that prayers nor d