1665 - Wither, George - Private Thank-Oblation

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2013-07-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-07.

Allusion

Moreover, it becomes not him, who sings
A Song of praise unto the King of Kings,
The Attributes of men to intermingle
With his (as to those works he worketh single) [p. 17:]
That were to follow their absurd example,
Who worship GOD and Baal within one Temple;
Or Chronicle the Deeds by HERO'S done,
With Tales of Robin Hood, and Little John:
For these respects, I know men Sober-witted
Will me excuse for what may seem omitted;
And, as for those men, who so prudent are not,
Whether they me excuse, or no, I care not.

Source notes

Italics as in printed source. IRHB's brackets.

Lists

• Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-11.
• Outside scope of Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.

Sources

• Wither, George. Three Private Meditations ([London], 1665). Not seen.
• Wither, George. Three private meditations ([London], 1666). Not seen.
• Wither, George. Miscellaneous Works of George Wither (Spenser Society, Nos. [12-13, 16, 18, 22, 24]) (1872-77), Fourth Collection, Three Private Meditations, pp. 16-17 (separate pagination).

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