 | Marcie Frank - 2002 - 194 pages
...the weight of the globe on his back, and laugh-ing Momus, a figure for ridicule, finally announces: '"Tis well an Old Age is out, / And time to begin a New" (lines 90—91). It would be easy to see "The Secular Masque" as representing a characteristic problem... | |
 | Louis Daniel Brodsky - 1996 - 644 pages
...intervening lapse between those two suburbs should be spent elsewhere. 2/24/65 (05204) The Eve of Janus Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new, — John Dryden, The Secular Masque The rattling year roared, yearning * Down the drain of its burning... | |
 | Marcie Frank - 2002 - 194 pages
...the weight of the globe on his back, and laughing Momus, a figure for ridicule, finally announces: '"Tis well an Old Age is out, / And time to begin a New" (lines 90-91). It would be easy to see "The Secular Masque" as representing a characteristic problem... | |
 | John Dryden - 2003 - 1024 pages
...CHRONOS. And time to begin a new. Chorus of all. All, all of a piece throughout; Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers...'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. Dance of huntsmen, nymphi, warriors and lovers A Song Fair, sweet, and young, receive a prize Reserved... | |
 | John T. Lynch - 2003 - 244 pages
...are often the source of great cultural anxiety. Dryden, however, saw not a threat but an opportunity: '"Tis well an Old Age is out, / And time to begin a New." Like the early humanists, he hoped to claim the liminal position between ages for his own: "Let him... | |
 | Leonora Leet - 2004 - 542 pages
...century, the first century of the modern era: All, all, of a piece throughout; Thy Chase had a Beast in View; Thy Wars brought nothing about; Thy Lovers...untrue. 'Tis well an Old Age is out, And time to begin a New.2l> Notes CHAPTER 1 1. The Zohar, trans. Daniel C. Matt, Pritzker edition (Stanford: Stanford University... | |
 | Melvin Jonah Lasky - 752 pages
...will. He could sense the shape of things to come but could not, or would not, become part of them. Tis well an old age is out: And time to begin a new. These elegiac lines are from his last written work, The Secular Masque, which was performed within... | |
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All, all of a piece throughout ; Thy chase had a beast in view : Thy wars brought nothing about ; Thy lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. 
