Hello George!
>I see the line of the poem as first Marlowe, secondly Ralegh's "Ignoto"
>reply in "England's Helicon," (with the word "nymph" appearing only in a
>title that may or may not have been created by Ralegh), then Donne and
>Barnfield. Barnfield's contribution to the history of the little poem is
>dated 1594
I reckon that the poems were all written by Marlowe :-)
Please correct me if I am wrong in stating that the Ralegh attrubution
is just that -- an attribution. The poems of John Donne were published
after he died and again there is no evidence that he was a poet apart
from the name -- any name could have been put on them. And the 1594
work of 'Barnfield' was actually published anonymously and then claimed
for 'Barnfield' in 1598.
Marlowe was kicked out by the Earl of Southampton in 1598 and he
eventually went to live with the Stanleys of Tong Castle. His feelings are
dealt with in the Shakespeare sonnets from number 48 to 68. Not a happy
cat. But if you really want to know how bitter he felt, then read the Barnfield
poems of 1598.
The Barnfields were neighbours of the Stanleys and that is how Marlowe
got to know Barnfield in 1598.
Peter Zenner
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