Rhomboidal Dirge (George Wither Poems)
Ah me! Am I the swain That late from sorrow free Did all the cares on earth disdain? And still untouched, as at some ...
Ah me! Am I the swain That late from sorrow free Did all the cares on earth disdain? And still untouched, as at some ...
(From _The Shepherd's Hunting_)Seest thou not, in clearest days,Oft thick fogs cloud Heaven's rays?And that vapours which do breatheFrom the ...
She doth tell me where to borrowComfort in the midst of sorrow:Makes the desolatest placeTo her presence be a grace;And ...
Shall I, wasting in despaire,Dye because a woman's faire?Or make pale my cheeks with care'Cause another's rosie are?Be shee fairer ...
Shall I, wasting in despair,Die because a woman's fair?Or my cheeks make pale with care'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer ...
I wandered out a while agone,And went I know not whither;But there do beauties many a oneResort and meet together,And ...
Amarillis I did woo,And I courted Phillis too;Daphne, for her love, I chose;Cloris, for that damask roseIn her cheek, I ...
Amarillis I did woo,And I courted Phillis too;Daphne, for her love, I chose;Cloris, for that damask roseIn her cheek, I ...
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