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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 dreams can ope,?And makes for joy the very darkness dear?That gives her wide wings play; nor dreams that fear?At noon may rise and pierce the heart of hope.?Then, when the soul leaves off to dream and yearn,?May truth first purge her eyesight to discern?What once being known leaves time no power to appal;?Till youth at last, ere yet youth be not, learn?The kind wise word that falls from years that fall--?"Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all."
AFTER SUNSET
"Si quis piorum Manibus locus."
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