masque

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Amongst the stanzas there is, however, one of exceeding loveliness He, sovereign priest, stooping his regal head That dropped with odorous oil down his fair eyes Poor fleshly tabernacle enteréd His starry front low-roofed beneath the skies Oh what a masque was there!

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  1. noun A dramatic entertainment, usually performed by masked players representing mythological or allegorical figures, that was popular in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
  2. noun A dramatic verse composition written for such an entertainment.
  3. noun See masquerade.

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  • Amongst the stanzas there is, however, one of exceeding loveliness He, sovereign priest, stooping his regal head That dropped with odorous oil down his fair eyes Poor fleshly tabernacle entered His starry front low-roofed beneath the skies Oh what a masque was there! —  England's Antiphon
  • Smythe clicked his heels and snapped off a smart salute, thinking it a bloody shame for England that a man of Lucien Snow's innate military skills had been cursed with the fatal flaw of underestimating his enemies The Howells' winter masque was a cherished annual tradition. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • To those remaining, the masque was anticipated more eagerly than Christmas. —  Teresa Medeiros - Thief of Hearts
  • Jeremy was contemplating a decor for a masque which he would submit to an international competition for theatrical design. —  Killer Dolphin - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 24
  • Afterwards comes the masque, and the marvellous speech of Prospero, which touches the highest height of poetry These our actors As I foretold you, were all spirits, and   Are melted into air, into thin air And, like the baseless fabric of this vision   The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces The solemn temples, the great globe itself Yea, all which it inhabit, shall dissolve   And, like this insubstantial pageant faded Leave not a rack behind. —  The Man Shakespeare
 

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