...Drayton in his Epistle to J. Reynolds on Poets and Poetry : describing Marlowe, he says : " that^ne madness still he did retain, «' Which rightly should possess a poet's brain!" MALONE. The powers of imagination were never more •philosophically or poetically expressed than by...

...tated by Drayton, in his Epistle to jf. Reynolds, on Poets and Poetry : describing Marlowe, he says : " that fine madness still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Malone. 9 constancy;] Consistency, stability, certainty. Johnson. Call Philostrate.2 Philos. Here,...

...Drayton, in his Epistle to J. Reynolds, on Poets and Poetry ; describing Marlowe, he says : " that Jine madness still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Afalone. 9 constancy;] Consistency, stability, certainty, Johnson. i Wait on — ] The old copies have...

...Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs, Ilnd in him (hose brave sublunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made...Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." And George Peele, in The Honour of the Garter, I /". 1593, or 99, mention* Aim in thit manner : " Unhappy...

...Marlow, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave sublunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear : For that fine madness still be did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." And George Peele, in The Honour of the...

...in him those brave translunary things " That your first poets had ; his raptures were " A4 airai.d fire, which made his verses clear ; " For that fine...retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Mr. Marloe cams to an untimely end, falling a virrim to the ¡uost torturing passion of the human breast,...

...in him those brave transtunary things " That your first poets had ; his raptures were " AU air arid fire, which made his verses clear ; " For that fine...still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet'» brain." Mr. Marloe came to an untimely end, falling a victim to the most torturing passion...

...Marloe bathed in Thespian springs, Had in him those brave transhtnary things, That your first poets had; his raptures were All air and fire, which made...retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." 1 Nichols's Bowyer—with the Addition of tome MS particulars and judicious remarks by James H. Markland,...

...Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire, which made...retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Before leaving the subject, I must notice a remark by Charles Lamb, — the dear, delightful Charley....

...Marloe bathed in Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things, That your first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear : For that fine madness stilj he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." 1 Nichols's Bowyur — with the...