Yet it may be questioned whether the sketches of external scenery in these brief essays of his, or the embodiments of internal thought in the pictures of Sorrow and the other allegorical wights, are most striking.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
Thence leads an entry to a shining hall Bedecked with flowers of the fairest hue; The Thrush, the Lark, and night's-joy Nightingale There minulize their pleasing lays anew, This welcome to the bitter bed of rue; This little room will scarce two wights contain T' enjoy their joy, and there in pleasure reign.
"A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature"
George Saintsbury
But the poor wights needn't know it beforehand.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers