Значение слова DANIEL в Литературной энциклопедии

SAMUEL (1562-1619).-Poet, _s._ of a music master, was _b._ near Taunton, and _ed._ at Oxf., but did not graduate. He attached himself to the Court as a kind of voluntary laureate, and in the reign of James I. was appointed "Inspector of the children of the Queen's revels," and a groom of the Queen's chamber. He is said to have enjoyed the friendship of Shakespeare and Marlowe, but was "at jealousies" with Ben Jonson. In his later years he retired to a farm which he owned in Somerset, where he _d._ D. bears the title of the "well-languaged," his style is clear and flowing, with a remarkably modern note, but is lacking in energy and fire, and is thus apt to become tedious. His works include sonnets, epistles, masques, and dramas. The most important of them is _The History of the Civil Wars between York and Lancaster_ in 8 books, _pub._ in 1604. His _Epistles_ are generally considered his best work, and his sonnets have had some modern admirers. Among his poems may be mentioned the _Complaynt of Rosamund_, _Tethys Festival_ (1610), and _Hymen's Triumph_ (1615), a masque, and _Musophilus_, a defence of learning, _Defence of Rhyme_ (1602).