Song I (George Wither Poems)
Lordly gallants! tell me this (Though my safe content you weigh not),In your greatness, what one bliss Have you gained, that I ...
George Wither Poems on Night (6 Poems)
Prelude (George Wither Poems)
(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 ...
The Marigold (George Wither Poems)
. When with a serious musing I behold The grateful and obsequious marigold, How duly, ev'ry morning, she displays Her open breast, when ...
Lord! When Those Glorious Lights I See (George Wither Poems)
Lord! when those glorious lights I see With which thou hast adorned the skies, Observing how they moved be, And how their splendor ...
Her Beauty (George Wither Poems)
Her true beauty leaves behindApprehensions in my mindOf more sweetness than all artOr inventions can impart;Thoughts too deep to be ...
Tobacco (George Wither Poems)
The Indian weed, withered quite,Green at noon, cut down at night,Shows thy decay; all flesh is hay,Thus thinke, then drinke ...