Once did I see
A sounding bee,
Amongst her sweetned swarme…

—“Madrigall: Of a Bee”, by Simion Grahame (c.1570–1614)
published in JACOBEAN PARNASSUS: Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I (ASL, 2022)

A poem for World Bee Day 🐝 – today, 20 May

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/jacobean-parnassus/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #EarlyModern #16thcentury #17thcentury #Jacobean #bees #WorldBeeDay

THE most disturbing #revenge #tragedy ever written: John Ford's TIS PITY SHE'S A WHORE, about a brother and sister's passionate affair & its consequences.
Really, this thing is insane. Adapted here by Roland Joffe, with Cheri Lunghi (from EXCALIBUR, & his wife at the time) starring. Terrible quality but watchable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKAbdGfEuAo&t=1244s&pp=ygUedGlzIGEgcGl0eSBzaGUncyBhIHdob3JlIGpvZmZl

#drama #theatre #jacobean

Queen James explores the dramatic life of James I, focusing on his six passionate love affairs with men, including George Villiers. The book delves into his tumultuous reign, marked by murder, witch trials, political intrigue, and a decade-long love affair that ended in assassination. Gareth Russell blends history, wit, and biography to retell this gripping royal story.

#JamesI #QueenJames #garethrussell #historylovers #historybooks #bookreview #JamesStuart #Tudor #Jacobean #booklovers #books

The mighty Mavors, jealous to behold
A Mars more mighty nor himself below,
Did once resolve his rivall to ore’throw…

—Sir Robert Ayton (1569–1638), “Upon the 5th of November”
published in JACOBEAN PARNASSUS: Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I (ASL, 2022)

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/jacobean-parnassus/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #17thcentury #EarlyModern #BonfireNight #GuyFawkes #Jacobean #5thNovember

Once did I see
A sounding bee,
Amongst her sweetned swarme…

—“Madrigall: Of a Bee”, by Simion Grahame (c.1570–1614)
published in JACOBEAN PARNASSUS: Scottish Poetry from the Reign of James I (ASL, 2022)

A poem for World Bee Day 🐝 – today, 20 May

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/jacobean-parnassus/

#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #17thcentury #Jacobean #EarlyModern #bees #WorldBeeDay

#Mood
At the moment, I'm so far down this possibly escapist rabbit-hole that when the news, BAFTA awards, or anything current comes on TV, they feel like they belong to another time, and are nothing to me but a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.

#shakespeare #elizabethan #tudor #jacobean #shelfie