The Famous Historie: Cap. XVI (Patrick Gordon Poems)
The Argument.The English armie furth before their KingTo mater comes and all their foraigne aidDouglas returnd recounteth eurie thingDitchis t'intrap ...
The Argument.The English armie furth before their KingTo mater comes and all their foraigne aidDouglas returnd recounteth eurie thingDitchis t'intrap ...
O CHRYSTE, it is a grief for me to tell;HOW manie a nobil erle and valrous knyghteIn fyghtynge for Kynge ...
You've seen his place, I reckon, friend? 'Twas rather kind ov tryin'.The way he made the dollars fly, Such gimcrack things a-buyin'-- He ...
SIR MAURICE was a wealthy lord,He liv'd in the north countrie,Well would he cope with foe-man's sword,Or the glance of ...
Suche waiwarde waies hath love that moste parte in discorde; Our willes do stand wherby our hartes but seldom dooth accorde. Disceyte ...
Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...
In Britain's Isle and Arthur's days,When Midnight Faeries daunc'd the Maze,Liv'd Edwin of the Green;Edwin, I wis, a gentle Youth,Endow'd ...
Lobbin Clout, Cuddy, CloddipoleLobbin Clout.Thy younglings, Cuddy, are but just awake,No thrustles shrill the bramble-bush forsakeNo chirping lark the welkin ...
The tree of deepest root is foundLeast willing still to quit the ground;Twas therefore said, by ancient sages,That love of ...
MONDAY, OR, THE SQUABBLELobbin Clout, Cuddy, CloddipoleCUDDYHold, witless Lobbin Clout, I thee advise,Lest blisters sore on thy own tongue arise.Lo ...
Spoken in the character of Steady.Written by Constantia, in 1790.Ladies, and gentlemen, a moment stay,And give good nature its accustom'd ...
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light Indulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!Of darkness visible so much be ...
So he is dead. A strange, sad story clings About the memory of this mindless man;A tale that strips war's ...
The maiden sat by the river side (The rippling water murmurs by),And sadly into the clear blue tide The salt ...
Begin to charm, and as thou strok'st mine ears With thine enchantment, melt me into tears. Then let thy active ...
To the Priest, on Observing how most Men mistake their own Talents When beasts could speak (the learned say, They ...
Within this sober Frame expect Work of no Forrain Architect; That unto Caves the Quarries drew, And Forrests did to ...
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