Chloridia: Rites to Chloris and Her Nymphs · chunk 3 of 3
Jonson, Ben · published 1641 · first performed or written 1631 [Feb 22] (Annals) masque · before the Court T12 Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and typicality 0.69 · 446 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T12: iupiter, saturn, iuno, venus, gods, mars, earth, titan, love, fair.
Run out, all the Floods, in joy with your silver feet; And hast to meet, the enamoured Spring; For whom the warbling Fountains sing: The story of the flowers; preserved by the Hours; At Juno's soft command, and Iris showers; Sent to quench jealousy, and all those powers Of Love's rebellious war: Whilst Chloris sits a shining star To crown, and grace our jolly song, made long, To the notes, that we bring, to glad the Spring. Tell a truth, gay Spring, let us know What feet they were, that so Impressed the Earth, and made such various flowers to grow! She that led, a Queen was at lest, Or a Goddess, 'bove the rest: And all their graces, in herself expressed! O, 'twere a fame, to know her name! Whether she were the root; Or they did take th'impression from her foot. Now Juno, and the Air shall know The truth of what is done below, From our discoloured bow. Iris, what news? The air is clear, your bow can tell, Chloris renowned, Spite fled to Hell; The business all is well. And Cupid sues For pardon. Does he? He sheds tears Moore than your Birds have eyes. The Gods have ears. Offences, made against the Deities, Are soon forgot- If who offends, be wise. Rise golden Fame, and give thy name a birth From great and generous actions, done on Earth. The life of Fame is action. Understood That action must be virtuous, great, and good! Virtue itself by Fame is often protected, And dies despised— Where the Fame's neglected. Who hath not heard of Chloris, and her Bower Fair Iris act, employed by Juno's power To guard the Spring, and prospero every flower, Whom Jealousy and Hell thought to devour? Great actions, often obscured by time, may lie, Or envy— But they last to memory. We that sustain thee, Learned Poesy, And I, her sister, severe History. With Architecture, who will raise thee high, And Sculpture, that can keep thee from to dye. All help lift thee to eternity. And Juno, through the air, doth make thy way, By her serenest Messenger of Day. Thus Fame, ascends, by all degrees, to Heaven: And leaves a light, here, brighter than the seven. Let all applaud the sight. Air first, that gave the bright Reflections, Day or night! With these supports of Fame, That keep alive her name! The beauties of the Spring. Founts, Rivers, every thing: From the height of all, To the Waters fall- Resound, and sing The honour of his Chloris, to the King. Chloris, the Queen of Flowers; The sweetness of all Showers; The ornament of Bowers; The top of Paramours!
Other edition — placed after the fit, excluded from the main statistics
Position
nodes 54–124 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 3 of 3 in this edition
Length
446 words · 620 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T12 — Olympian gods: Jupiter, Juno, Venus and Marscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.695 (cosine to the topic centroid) · placed after the fit (approximate_predict), not counted in the topic statistics
Other seeds
seed 43: T28 · seed 44: T22 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Run out, all the Flouds, in joy with your ſilver feet; And haſt to meet, the enamour'd Spring; For whom the warbling Fountaines ſing: The ſtory of the flowers; preſerved by the Howres; At Juno's ſoft command, and Iris ſhowers; Sent to quench jealouſie, and all thoſe powers Of Loves rebellious warre: Whil'ſt Chloris ſits a ſhining ſtarre To crowne, and grace our jolly ſong, made long, To the notes, that we bring, to glad the Spring. Tell a truth, gay Spring, let us know What feet they were, that ſo Impres't the Earth, and made ſuch various flowers to grow! She that led, a Queene was at leſt, Or a Goddeſſe, 'bove the reſt: And all their graces, in her ſelfe expres't! O, 'twere a fame, to know her name! Whether ſhee were the root; Or they did take th'impreſsion from her foot. Now Juno, and the Ayre ſhall know The truth of what is done below, From our diſcoloured bow. Iris, what newes? The ayre is cleare, your bow can tell, Chloris renown'd, Spight fled to Hell; The buſineſſe all is well. And Cupid ſues For pardon. Do's hee? Hee ſheds teares More then your Birds have eyes. The Gods have eares. Offences, made againſt the Deities, Are ſoone forgot- If who offends, be wiſe. Riſe golden Fame, and give thy name a birth From great and generous actions, done on Earth. The life of Fame is action. Underſtood That action muſt be vertuous, great, and good! Vertue it ſelfe by Fame is oft protected, And dies deſpiſed— Where the Fame's neglected. Who hath not heard of Chloris, and her Bowre Fayre Iris act, employ'd by Juno's power To guard the Spring, and proſper every flower, Whom Jealouſie and Hell thought to devoure? Great actions, oft obſcur'd by time, may lye, Or envy— But they laſt to memory. We that ſuſtaine thee, Learned Poeſie, And I, her ſiſter, ſevere Hiſtory. With Architecture, who will rayſe thee high, And Sculpture, that can keepe thee from to dye. All helpe lift thee to eternity. And Juno, through the ayre, doth make thy way, By her ſereneſt Meſſenger of Day. Thus Fame, aſcend's, by all degrees, to Heaven: And leaves a light, here, brighter then the ſeven. Let all applaud the ſight. Ayre firſt, that gave the bright Reflections, Day or night! With theſe ſupports of Fame, That keepe alive her name! The beauties of the Spring. Fount's, Rivers, every thing: From the height of all, To the Waters fall- Reſound, and ſing The honour's of his Chloris, to the King. Chloris, the Queene of Flowers; The ſweetneſſe of all Showres; The ornament of Bowres; The top of Par-amours!