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'A storm of lamentations writ': Lachrymae Musarum and royalist culture after the civil war.

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From: Yearbook of English Studies
Date: 20030101
Author:McWilliams, John

ABSTRACT

This article examines in detail a printed collection of elegies, Lachrymae Musarum, published to mourn Henry Hastings, a young man who died just after the execution of King Charles I. Including elegies by Andrew Marvell, Robert Herrick, Mildmay Fane, and John Dryden, the volume represents a compelling insight into Royalist culture after defeat in the Civil War. The article argues that the volume taken as a whole represents both profound mourning for what has been lost and also an expression of hope for the future.

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