James Shirley was an English dramatist.
He belonged to the great period of English dramatic literature, but, in Charles Lamb's words, he "claims a place among the worthies of this period, not so much for any transcendent genius in himself, as that he was the last of a great race, all of whom spoke nearly the same language and had a set of moral feelings and notions in common." His career of play writing extended from 1625 to the suppression of stage plays by Parliament in 1642. Wikipedia
“Only the actions of the just
Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.”
James Shirley The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
sc. iii. Compare: "The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust", Tate and Brady, Psalm cxxii.
The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
James Shirley The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
sc. iii.
The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
“The honour is overpaid,
When he that did the act is commentator.”
James Shirley The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
sc. i.
The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses
Poem The Last Conqueror http://www.bartleby.com/106/68.html.
