Sir Walter Raleigh Poems (31 Poems)
As You Came from the Holy Land (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
As you came from the holy landOf Walsingham,Met you not with my true loveBy the way as you came?‘How shall I know your true love,That have met many one,I went to the holy land,That have come, that have gone?’She is … Continue reading
Prais’d be Diana’s Fair and Harmless Light (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Prais’d be Diana’s fair and harmless light;Prais’d be the dews wherewith she moists the ground;Prais’d be her beams, the glory of the night;Prais’d be her power by which all powers abound.Prais’d be her nymphs with whom she decks the woods,Prais’d … Continue reading
Hymn (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Rise, O my soul! with thy desires to heaven,And with divinest contemplation useThy time, when time’s eternity is given,And let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse;But down in darkness let them lie;So live thy better, let thy worse thoughts … Continue reading
Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Three things there be that prosper up apaceAnd flourish, whilst they grow asunder far,But on a day, they meet all in one place,And when they meet, they one another mar;And they be these: the wood, the weed, the wag.The wood … Continue reading
A Vision upon the Fairy Queen (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Methought I saw the grave where Laura lay,Within that temple where the vestal flameWas wont to burn; and, passing by that way,To see that buried dust of living fame,Whose tomb fair Love and fairer Virtue kept,All suddenly I saw the … Continue reading
Sir Walter Raleigh (The night before his death) (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Even such is time, which takes in trustOur youth, our joys, and all we have,And pays us nought but age and dust;Which in the dark and silent grave,When we have wandered all our ways,Shuts up the story of our days!And … Continue reading
Even Such Is Time (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Even such is time, which takes in trustOur youth, our joys, and all we have,And pays us but with age and dust,Who in the dark and silent graveWhen we have wandered all our waysShuts up the story of our days,And … Continue reading
From Catullus V (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
The sun may set and rise,But we, contrariwise,Sleep, after our short light,One everlasting night. (Sir Walter Raleigh)
The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd’s tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee and be thy love. Time drives the flocks from field to fold When rivers rage and … Continue reading
The Lie (Sir Walter Raleigh Poems)
Go, Soul, the body’s guest, Upon a thankless errand; Fear not to touch the best; The truth shall be thy warrant: Go, since I needs must die, And give the world the lie. Say to the court, it glows And … Continue reading
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