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 ...
George Wither Poems on Sense & Perception (6 Poems)
A Rocking Hymn (George Wither Poems)
Sweet baby, sleep! what ails my dear, What ails my darling thus to cry?Be still, my child, and lend thine ear To ...
The Muse (George Wither Poems)
She doth tell me where to borrowComfort in the midst of sorrow:Makes the desolatest placeTo her presence be a grace;And ...
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 ...
Sonnet 5 – I wandered out a while agone, (George Wither Poems)
I wandered out a while agone,And went I know not whither;But there do beauties many a oneResort and meet together,And ...
Veil, lord, mine eyes till she be past (George Wither Poems)
Veil, Lord, mine eyes till she be past,When Folly tempts my sight;Keep Thou my palate and my tasteFrom gluttonous delight.Stop ...