Faint means to make less or diminish, or miss the mark, or fall short.
It has a resonance with the older meaning of feindre, which has a
sense of avoiding one's duty, and is also a pun on the other meaning
of faint, which is to fade, or die away.
These themes are used again and again in Dowland,
Hi David,
In my opinion here to faint means to fail because of weakness.
Hope this helps,
Cheers!
Lex
Op 5 apr 2011, om 16:22 heeft David van Ooijen het volgende geschreven:
A Musicall Banquet, song VIII, third stanza has:
Ravisht with ioy so grac't by such a Saint,
He quite forgat his
I haven't considered this in detail, but you might think about feint,
as in a kind of deceiving. Presumably the denaid is what we would
spell denied, by the way.
Martin
On 05/04/2011 15:22, David van Ooijen wrote:
A Musicall Banquet, song VIII, third stanza has:
Ravisht with ioy so grac't
The Oxford English Dictionary includes to fall short (It fainteth or
straieth from the marke, if you aime further off), also to lose heart, be
depressed, from about this time period. The sense here seems to be that he
thought he should not be half-hearted in his gratitude.
On Apr 5, 2011, at
Faint: possibly past tense of feign - spelt in a non-standardized way?
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Here is the paraphrased verse by David Hill from a pdf on this page:
[1]http://www.johndowland.co.uk/songs.htm
3 Ravished with joy at being so honoured by such a aEUR~saint',
He quite forgot his aEUR~cell' and disowned his retired state.
He considered that it would be shameful to
Thank you, Howard and all. To 'fall short' seems to fit the bill!
David
On 5 April 2011 19:05, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote:
The Oxford English Dictionary includes to fall short (It fainteth or
straieth from the marke, if you aime further off), also to lose heart, be
I'm not sure why it garbled the uppercase letters, so I'll try again.
3 Ravisht with ioy so grac't by such a Saint,
He quite forgat his Cell and selfe denaid,
He thought it shame in thankfulnesse to faint,
Debts due to Princes must be duly paid :
Nothing so hatefull to a
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Thank you, Howard and all. To 'fall short' seems to fit the bill!
David
On 5 April 2011 19:05, howard posner [1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Farre from triumphing court - text question
Here is the paraphrased verse by David Hill from a pdf on this page:
[1]http://www.johndowland.co.uk/songs.htm
3 Ravished with joy at being so honoured
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