The Story of Phobus and Daphne, Applied (Edmund Waller Poems)
Thyrsis, a youth of the inspired train,Fair Sacharissa lov'd, but lov'd in vain;Like Phobus sung the no less amorous boy;Like ...
Edmund Waller Poems (28 Poems)
Of My Lady Isabella Playing on the Lute (Edmund Waller Poems)
Such moving sounds from such a careless touch,So unconcerned herself, and we so much!What art is this, that with so ...
Go, lovely rose! (Edmund Waller Poems)
Go, lovely rose!Tell her that wastes her time and meThat now she knows,When I resemble her to thee,How sweet and ...
To a Lady Singing a Song of His Composing (Edmund Waller Poems)
Chloris! yourself you so excel,When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought,That, like a spirit, with this spellOf my own teaching, ...
Upon His Majesty’s Happy Return (Edmund Waller Poems)
The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such ...
The Battle of the Summer Islands : Canto 1 (Edmund Waller Poems)
What fruits they have, and how heaven smilesUpon those late-discovered isles.Aid me, Bellona, while the dreadful fightBetwixt a nation and ...
To the King on his Navy (Edmund Waller Poems)
Where'er thy navy spreads her canvas wings, Homage to thee, and peace to all, she brings: The French ...
Upon the Late Storm (Edmund Waller Poems)
We must resign! Heaven his great soul does claim In storms, as loud ...
At Penshurst (Edmund Waller Poems)
Had Sacharissa lived when mortals made Choice of their deities, this sacred shadeHad held an alter to her power, that ...
Of English Verse (Edmund Waller Poems)
Poets may boast, as safely vain,Their works shall with the world remain;Both, bound together, live or die,The verses and the ...
To Mr. Henry Lawes, Who Had Then Newly Set a Song of Mine (Edmund Waller Poems)
Verse makes heroic virtue live;But you can life to verses give.As, when in open air we blow,The breath, though strained, ...
The Story of Phoebus And Daphne, Applied (Edmund Waller Poems)
Thyrsis, a youth of the inspired train, Fair Sacharissa lov'd, but lov'd in vain; Like Phoebus sung the ...
Song – Say, Lovely Dream (Edmund Waller Poems)
Say, lovely dream, where couldst thou findShadows to counterfeit that face?Colors of this glorious kindCome not from any mortal place.In ...
Of The Last Verses In The Book (Edmund Waller Poems)
When we for age could neither read nor write, The subject made us able to indite. The soul, ...
The Self Banished (Edmund Waller Poems)
It is not that I love you less Than when before your feet I lay, But to prevent ...
On the Friendship Betwixt Two Ladies (Edmund Waller Poems)
Tell me, lovely, loving pair!Why so kind, and so severe?Why so careless of our care,Only to yourselves so dear? By ...
To Phyllis (Edmund Waller Poems)
Phyllis! why should we delay Pleasures shorter than the day? Can we (which we never can) Stretch our lives beyond ...
Of My Lady Isabella Playing The Lute (Edmund Waller Poems)
Such moving sounds from such a careless touch, So unconcerned herself, and we so much! What art is this, that ...
To a Very Young Lady (Edmund Waller Poems)
Why came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth Or shadow ...
On A Girdle (Edmund Waller Poems)
That which her slender waist confin'd, Shall now my joyful temples bind; No monarch but would give his ...
Song: Go, lovely rose! (Edmund Waller Poems)
Go, lovely rose!Tell her that wastes her time and meThat now she knows,When I resemble her to thee,How sweet and ...
Old Age (Edmund Waller Poems)
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more. For then ...
The Dancer (Edmund Waller Poems)
Behold the brand of beauty tossed!See how the motion does dilate the flame!Delighted love his spoils does boast,And triumph in ...
On Tea (Edmund Waller Poems)
Venus her myrtle, Phoebus has her bays;Tea both excels, which she vouchsafes to praise.The best of Queens, and best of ...
To a Lady Singing a Song of His Composing (Edmund Waller Poems)
Chloris! yourself you so excel,When you vouchsafe to breathe my thought,That, like a spirit, with this spellOf my own teaching, ...
Song – Stay, Phoebus, stay! (Edmund Waller Poems)
Stay, Phoebus, stay!The world to which you fly so fast,Conveying day From us to them, can pay your hasteWith no ...
While I Listen to Thy Voice (Edmund Waller Poems)
While I listen to thy voice,Chloris, I feel my life decay;That powerful noiseCalls my flitting soul away.Oh! suppress that magic ...
To One Married to an Old Man (Edmund Waller Poems)
Since thou wouldst needs,Bewitched with some ill charms,Be buried in those monumental arms,All we can wish is, may that earth ...