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New article in ECF journal on Aphra Behn’s novella The History of the Nun(1689):

“Almost Certain: The Problem of Knowledge in Aphra Behn’s The History of the Nun,” by Rashmi Sahni, ECF 28.2, pp. 213-238.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eighteenth_century_fiction/toc/ecf.28.2.html

Read Behn’s novella and other works here:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29854/29854-h/29854-h.htm

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Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:40:37

“Queen and huntress, chaste and fair” (from “Cynthia’s Revels”) - Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,
Now the sun is laid to sleep,
Seated in thy silver chair
State in wonted manner keep:
Hesperus entreats thy light,
Goddess excellently bright.

Earth, let not thy envious shade
Dare itself to interpose;
Cynthia’s shining orb was made
Heaven to clear when day did close:
Bless us then with wishéd sight,
Goddess excellently bright.

Lay thy bow of pearl apart
And thy crystal-shining quiver;
Give unto the flying hart
Space to breathe, how short soever:
Thou that mak'st a day of night,
Goddess excellently bright.