Talk:The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/The Night-piece, to Julia
| Information about this edition | |
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| Edition: | Hesperides (London: for John Williams and F. Eglesfield to be sold by Thomas Hunt, 1648) |
| Source: | Lancashire, Ian (ed.)(2005). Representative Poetry Online, rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/999.html . Retrieved December 10, 2006. |
| Contributor(s): | Easchiff |
| Level of progress: | Three editors compared; Lancashire preferred for now. 
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| Notes: | Title may have incorrect punctuation. A colon appears in some texts instead of a comma. Needs checking with original. |
Variations between Versions by Different Editors[edit]
| Version 1 | Version 2 | Link to differences |
|---|---|---|
| Quiller-Couch | Lancashire | diff |
| Palgrave | Lancashire | diff |
Ideally, the lines in the poem should be numbered in the article; a small formatting problem to solve.
Quiller-Couch Version[edit]
Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir (1919). The Oxford Book of English Verse. Oxford: Clarendon, 1919, [c1901]; Bartleby.com, 1999. www.bartleby.com/101/262.html . Retrieved December 8, 2006. Easchiff 03:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Palgrave Version[edit]
Here are some the variances (by line number) that I've noticed in the Francis Turner Palgrave version at www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext98/lporh10.txt (compared to the Quiller-Couch version).
6: Will-o-th'-wisp
8: line ends with a comma
11: line ends with a semicolon
14: line ends with a comma
15: Like tapers clear, without number. comma added
19: Thy silvery feet,
Easchiff 21:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Lancashire Version[edit]
A version edited by Ian Lancashire is at Representative Poetry Online, rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/999.html . Again, miniscule changes in punctuation, abbreviation (the vs. th' , silvery vs. silv'ry), uses of dashes (mislight vs. mis-light).
Online text copyright © 2005, Ian Lancashire for the Department of English, University of Toronto. Published by the Web Development Group, Information Technology Services, University of Toronto Libraries.
Original text: Robert Herrick, Hesperides (London: for John Williams and F. Eglesfield to be sold by Thomas Hunt, 1648), of which a section called His Noble Numbers: or, his Pious Pieces has a separate title-page dated 1647. Facs. edn. Menston: Scolar, 1969. PR 3512 H4 1648A ROBA
First publication date: 1648
RPO poem editor: N. J. Endicott
RP edition: 3RP 1.202-03.
Recent editing: 4:2002/2/6
Easchiff 02:42, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
"Limerick" Form[edit]
This poem has a form very similar to the modern "Limerick," as my teacher Hallett Smith observed long ago after a lovely reading.Easchiff 21:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Glossary[edit]
- Will o' th' wisp: "the phenomenon of ghostly lights sometimes seen at night or in twilight hovering over damp ground in still air, often over bogs."Easchiff 03:06, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
- glow-worm: likely the European firefly Lampyris noctiluca.
- slow-worm : likely the snake-like lizard Anguis fragilis; Herrick seems to have understood that the slow-worm was not a snake species. Easchiff 22:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC) Easchiff 03:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)