Drawing Seventeenth-Century Literature (Spring 2016)

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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016

DRAW: your own version of a Dream Vision (3 min.)

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Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016

DRAW: anything inspired by the selections from Amelia Lanyer’s “Salve Deus, Rex Judeaeorum”

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Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016

Draw: Truth

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Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016

Draw: Yourself, studying (3 min.)

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Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016

Draw: The “Tyrant” from “Psalm 52″ by Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke

Tyrant, why swell'st thou thus,    Of mischief vaunting? Since help from God to us    Is never wanting.

Lewd lies thy tongue contrives,    Loud lies it soundeth; Sharper than sharpest knives    With lies it woundeth.

Falsehood thy wit approves,    All truth rejected: Thy will all vices loves,    Virtue neglected.

Not words from cursed thee,    But gulfs are poured; Gulfs wherein daily be    Good men devoured.

Think'st thou to bear it so?    God shall displace thee; God shall thee overthrow,    Crush thee, deface thee.

The just shall fearing see    These fearful chances, And laughing shoot at thee    With scornful glances.

Lo, lo, the wretched wight,    Who God disdaining, His mischief made his might,    His guard his gaining.

I as an olive tree    Still green shall flourish: God's house the soil shall be    My roots to nourish.

My trust in his true love    Truly attending, Shall never thence remove,    Never see ending.

Thee will I honour still,    Lord, for this justice; There fix my hopes I will    Where thy saints' trust is.

Thy saints trust in thy name,    Therein they joy them: Protected by the same,    Naught can annoy them.

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Thu. Feb. 4, 2016

Draw: Shakespeare (3 min.)

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Tues. Feb. 2, 2016

“Draw ‘A Fair and Happy Milkmaid’“

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Draw Queen Elizabeth I

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