I made a mistake in a recent post (yesterday, the poem I quoted from the
Musical Banquet is not by Dowland, but by Henry Lee (or Lea)... The
Goddess therefore seems to actually be Queen Liz (well deceased by the
time the Musical banquet was published). Another poem by Lee is found in
Dowland's Second book of songs, "Time's eldest son, the heir of ease".
Farre from triumphing Court and wonted glory,
He dwelt in shadie unfrequented places,
Times prisoner now he made his pastime story,
Gladly forgets Courts erst afforded graces,)
That Goddesse whom hee servd to heav’n is gone,
And he on earth, In darknesse left to moane.
I guess this goes on to show that figuring out the authorship of the
poems does matter... Apologies for this mishap.
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