...will appear hyperbolical: but with that allowance we may justly cherish the memory of Peele as the oldest genuine dramatic poet of our language. His...poetry. His fancy is rich and his feeling tender. . . . There is no such sweetness of versification and imagery to be found in our blank verse anterior...

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...drama ; but it lends itself admirably to quotation. It used to be highly praised. Campbell called it ' the earliest fountain of pathos and harmony that can be traced in our dramatic poetry ; ' Charles Lamb disrespectfully thought 'a surfeit' the inevitable consequence of reading much 'of...

...ranks him above Greene. Campbell, in an often-quoted passage, pronounces his "David and Bethsabe" to be the "earliest fountain of pathos and harmony that can be traced in our dramatic literature, ' ' and goes on to speak of the "solid veracity" and ' ' ideal beauty' ' of his characters....

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...will appear hyperbolical ; but with that allowance we may justly cherish the memory of Peele as the oldest genuine dramatic poet of our language. His...poetry. His fancy is rich and his feeling tender. . . . There is no such sweetness of versification and imagery to be found in our blank verse anterior...