Thy numbers carry weight, yet clear and terse, And innocent, as becomes the soul of verse. James Shirley: To his honour’d friend Thomas Stanley, Esquire, upon his Elegant Poems. [1646.]
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678)
Thomas Stanley: HIS ORIGINAL LYRICS, COMPLETE, IN THEIR COLLATED READINGS OF 1647, 1651, 1657.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION, TEXTUAL NOTES, A LIST OF EDITIONS, AN APPENDIX OF TRANSLATIONS, AND A PORTRAIT. EDITED BY