...history, 1850—1910: a re-examination All, all of a piece throughout: Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about Thy lovers were all...Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. — J. Dryden, Chorus from the Secular Masque INTRODUCTION Between 1958 and 1962, an effort was begun...

...in the gloomy recognition that "supine felicity" has been the best of man's experiences hitherto: " 'Tis well an old age is out, / And time to begin a new" (Secular Masque, 90—1). many of the leading playwrights were also elevated poets (Dryden, Congreve,...

...Private Life Foreword by THE EDITORS All, all of a piece throughout: Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all...Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. John Dryden, "The Secular Masque" (1700) BOOK BEGAN with a subway epiphany, a revelation on the F train...

...foes, and thrice he slew the slain. All, all of a piece throughout: Thy chase had a beast in view; Thy wars brought nothing about; Thy lovers were all...'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. (The Secular Masque) (Alexander's Feast) Dryden was an innovator, leading the move from heroic couplets...

...Dryden's life, the laureate wrote off the Restoration with the words The Wars brought nothing about, The Lovers were all untrue; 'Tis well an Old Age is out, And time to begin a New. When Sir Christopher Wren rebuilt St Paul's and much of the City after the Great Fire, he achieved...

...freedom. All, all of a piece throughout: Thy Chase had a Beast in View; Thy Wars hrought nothing ahout; Thy Lovers were all untrue. 'Tis well an Old Age is out, And time to hegin a New. • • • • The world's great age hegins anew, The golden years return, The earth...

...well be his final work, written in the first year of the eighteenth century, concludes with the lines: 'Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new. Aeneas seeking the golden bough (engraving of i 654, adapted for the 1697 edition of Dry den) The publisher...

...in the gloomy recognition that "supine felicity" has been the best of man's experiences hitherto: " Tis well an old age is out, / And time to begin a new" (Secular Masque 9o-91). Given the consistent pattern and the regression of confidence, I think we can...

...Movement, sometime round about 1840? We live in AD, not in CE, as some of us profess to believe. " Tis well an old age is out, /And time to begin a new," wrote John Dryden, not very long before his death in 1700, a year that the poet seems to have regarded...

...with irresistible parting tenderness, tears of welcome, abundance of fine feeling and flown phrasing. '"Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new." The air is heavy with awrestrained emotion. John Dennis, the foremost dramatic critic of the new decade,...