Stewart, Michael Pilkington in his book "Campion, Dowland and the Lutenist Songwriters" has: "underlights = lights from below, such as volcanoes?" (His question mark!) He refers to Wilfrid Mellers 'Words and Music in Elizabethan England," The Age of Shakespeare, ed. Boris Fund, Pelican Guides to English Literature 2, London 1955.
Best regards, Peter. Regards, Peter. On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, Stewart McCoy wrote: > In Thomas Campion's song, "Author of light", there is the line > > "Sunne and Moone, Starres and underlights I see". > > What are "underlights"? I can't find the word in any of the > dictionaries I have at home. > > Stewart McCoy. > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > the next auto-quote is: A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes. (James K. Feibleman) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881
