THE

WORKS

OF

BEN JONSON,

IN NINE VOLUMES.

WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY,

AND A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,

By W. GIFFORD, Esq.

The Muses' fairest light in no dark time;
The wonder of a learned age; the line
Which none can pass; the most proportion'd wit,
To nature, the best judge of what was fit;
The deepest, plainest, highest, clearest pen;
The voice most echo'd by consenting men ;
THE SOUL WHICH ANSWER'D BEST TO ALL WELL SAID
BY OTHERS, AND WHICH MOST REQUITAL MADE.

CLEVELAND.

VOLUME THE SEVENTH.

CONTAINING

MASQUES AT COURT.

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MASQUES AT COURT.

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Up springs the dance, along the lighted dome,
Mix'd and involv'd a thousand sprightly ways,
The glittering court effuses every pomp,
The circle deepens; beam'd from gaudy robes
Tapers and sparkling gems, and radiant eyes,
A soft effulgence o'er the palace waves. Í'HOMPSON.