Drummond, Habington, Quarles, Waller, Ayton, Cowley, Milton, Byrd, Chamberlayne, Herbert, Denham, Marvell, Dryden, Addison, Pope, Parnell, Thomson, Collins, Shenstone, Young. DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORN DEN, the singular sweetness and harmony of whose poetry reminds us of Spenser,-wrote some touching sonnets in memory of his lost love, whose sudden death occurred just prior to their appointed nuptials. The poet was of noble lineage, and lived amidst the most romantic scenery, at his fine castle on the banks of the Esk. following are his beautiful sonnets on Spring: 55 The Sweet Spring! thou turn'st with all thy goodly train, Thy head with flames, thy mantle bright with flowers; The clouds, for joy, in pearls weep down their showers Do with thee turn, which turn my sweets in sours! Delicious, wanton, amiable, fair; But she, whose breath embalmed thy wholesome air, Neglected virtue, seasons go and come, What doth it serve to see sun's burning face? The mountain's pride, the meadow's flowery grace; The stately comeliness of forests old, The sport of floods which would themselves embrace? The wanton merle, the nightingale's sad strains, Hazlitt thought Drummond's sonnets approached as near almost as any others to the perfection of this kind of writing. Address to the Nightingale :— Here is his |