I. CHATTERTON in Masquerade.
Narva and Mored: An African Eclogue.
[From Chatterton's Miscellanies, p. 56.]
“Recyte the loves of Narva and Mored,
“The preeste of Chalmas trypell ydolle sayde.
“Hie fro the grounde the youthful heretogs[a] sprunge,
“Loude on the concave shelle the launces runge:
“In al the mysterke[b] maizes of the daunce
“The youths of Bannies brennynge[c] sandes advaunce;
“Whiles the mole[d] vyrgin brokkyng[e] lookes behinde,
“And rydes uponne the penyons of the winde;
“Astighes[f] the mountaines borne[g], and meafures rounde
“The sleepie clifftes of Chalmas hallie[h] grounde."
a ↑ Warriors. b ↑ mystick. c ↑ burning. d ↑ used by Chatterton for sost or tender. e ↑ panting. f ↑ ascends. g ↑ brow, or summit. h ↑ holy.
II. CHATTERTON Unmasked.
Eclogue the First.
[From Rowley's Poems, quarto, p. 391.]
“When England smoking from her deadly wound,
“From her gall'd neck did twitch the chain away,
“Seeing her lawful sons fall all around,
“(Mighty they fell, 'twas Honour led the fray,)
“Then in a dale, by eve's dark surcoat gray,
“Two lonely shepherds did abruptly fly,
