Thomas Campion, Thomas Campion: Latin Poetry

Roy Booth (Royal Holloway, University of London)

Ed. by J A Roe, University of York
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

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First circulation or publication c. 1595 - c. 1619

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England (Publication/ performance; Country of Origin)

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Poetry (any)

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“His self neglects these light fruits as superfluous blossoms of his deeper Studies”, said Campion’s collaborator Philip Rosseter of Campion’s contributions to the book of ayres they published in 1601 (

Davis

, p.14). This essay will look at some of those “deeper Studies”, but as Rosseter’s comment suggests an organic connection to the lyrics in English, reference will also be made to them.

Tres novit, Labiene, Phoebus artes, Ut narrant veteres sophi; peraeque Quas omnes colui, colamque semper: Nunc omnes quoque musicum, et poetam Agnoscunt, medicumque Campianum.

In Latin, the early modern poet

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Citation: Booth, Roy. "Thomas Campion: Latin Poetry". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 15 November 2013 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35071, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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