Thanks so much for the link! I had wandered through the outer rings of
the tudorplace site, but didn't realize all it had in it. The Devereux
portrait is a big help!
Don Stump
John Geraghty wrote:
> Here is a "FRINGE" site you might find useful:
>
> http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/
>
> http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/DevereuxSisters.JPG
>
>
> Too Soon, Too FAST, the FAtAL FAAL THE THEFT of the FRUIT, THE TOAD,
> THAT HATEd RAILing LIAR,
> with RUIN upon RUIN, FIB (SLY LYS) over FOB
>
> A nd O the bower and the hour!
> N ay, this Tree's fruit,--why should ye hate it,
> O r Death be born the day that ye ate it?
> N ay, but on that great day in Eden,
> T his the woman gave that thou gavest.
> H ear Eve speak, yea, list to her, Lilith!
> E den bower's in flower.
> F east thine heart with words that shall sate it
> T his the serpent gave and I ate it."
>
> T his the serpent gave and I ate it."
> O proud Eve, cling close to thine Adam,
> A nd O the bower and the hour!
> D riven forth as the beasts of his naming
>
> T wixt Africa, and Inde, Ile find him out
> A nd force him to restore his purchase backe
> O r drag him by the curles, and cleave his scalpe
> D owne to the hipps.
>
> D ear daughter--since thou claim'st me for thy sire,
> A nd my fair son here show'st me, the dear pledge
> O f dalliance had with thee in Heaven, and joys
> T hen sweet, now sad to mention, through dire change
>
> Like a TOAD within a stone
> Seated while time crumbles on;
> Which sits there since the earth was curs'd
> For Man's transgression at the first;
> B efallen us unforeseen, unthought-of--know,
> I come no enemy, but to set free
> F rom out this dark and dismal house of pain
> B oth him and thee, and all the heavenly host
> O f Spirits that, in our just pretences armed,
> F ell with us from on high. From them I go
> F rom her thach't palate rowse, if otherwise
> I can conduct you Ladie to a low
> B ut loyall cottage, where you may be safe
>
> S upposing him some neighbour villager;
> L onger I durst not stay, but soone I guess't
> Y ee were the two she mean't, with that I sprung
>
> Y ou gave me brother? Yes, and keep it still,
> L eane on it safely, not a period
> S hall be unsaid for me; against the threats
> T hus saying, from her side the FATAL key,
> S ad instrument of all our woe, she took;
> A nd, towards the gate rolling her bestial train,
> F orthwith the huge portcullis high up-drew,
>
> FAST by Hell-gate and kept the FATAL key,
> Risen, and with hideous outcry rushed between.
>
> L ivelier liquor than the Muse,
> A nd malt does more than Milton can
> T o justify God's ways to man.
> A le, man, ale's the stuff to drink
> F or fellows whom it hurts to think:
>
> L ife to the moment,
> I would bid them live
> A s roses might, in magic amber laid,
> R ed overwrought with orange and all made
>
> T ell her THAT sang me once that song of LAAWs (HENRY/WILLIAM):
> H adst thou but song
> A s thou hast subjects known,
> T hen were there cause in thee that should condone
> E ven my faults THAT heavy upon me lie
>
> W ho with his soft Pipe, and smooth-dittied Song,
> W ell knows to still the wild winds when they roare,
> A nd hush the waving woods, nor of lesse faith,
> A nd in this office of his Mountaine watch,
> L ikeliest, and neerest to the present aide
> W hich oft is sooner found in lowly sheds
> W ith smoakie rafters, then in tapstrie halls,
> A nd courts of Princes, where it first was nam'd,
> A nd yet is most prętended: in a place
> L esse warranted then this, or lesse secure
>
> W here his faire off-spring nurs't in Princely lore
> A re comming to attend their Fathers state,
> A nd new-entrusted Scepter, but their way
> L ies through the perplex't paths of this dreare wood,
>
>
> T he divine propertie of her first being.
> S uch are those thick, and gloomie shadows damp
> O ft seene in Charnell vaults, and Sepulchers
> H overing, and sitting by a new made [G ] rave,
> [G]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donald Stump" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> To: <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:01 PM
> Subject: Portrait of Devereux sisters
>
> > Does anyone know where I might find a color reproduction of the
> > well-known portrait of Dorothy and Penelope Devereux?
> >
> > Donald Stump
> >
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