The Worm Ouroboros · Chapter
Bibliographical Note on the Verses explained
This chapter provides a bibliographical note listing the sources and original works from which the verses in the book are drawn, including poems by William Dunbar, Thomas Carew, Robert Herrick, John Donne, William Shakespeare, and others, a
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This chapter provides a bibliographical note listing the sources and original works from which the verses in the book are drawn, including poems by William Dunbar, Thomas Carew, Robert Herrick, John Donne, William Shakespeare, and others, as well as traditional ballads and historical references.
Characters to notice
- Gorice XI
Mentioned in the funeral dirge on King Gorice XI, from Dunbar's 'Lament for the Makaris'.
- Lord Gro
Subject of a lampoon based on an epigram on William Parrie.
- Lady Prezmyra
Song in praise of Prezmyra by Thomas Carew.
- Corund
Corund's Song of the Chine from 'An Antidote Against Melancholy'.
- Corsus
Corsus's ditties from the Roxburgh Ballads and Anacreonta.
- Mivarsh
Mivarsh's staves on Salapanta from Herrick's 'Hesperides'.
- Corinius
Corinius's love ditty and song on his Mistress from 'Merry Drollerie'.
- Laxus
Laxus's Serenade from Anacreonta.