George Wither Poems (35 Poems)

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Psalm CXLVIII (George Wither Poems)

Come, oh! come, with sacred lays,Let us sound th' Almighty's praise;Hither bring in true concent,Heart, and voice, and instrument.Let 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 ...

Song II (George Wither Poems)

Shall I, wasting in despair,Die, because a woman's fair?Or make pale my cheeks with care'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer ...

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 ...

Change (George Wither Poems)

The voice which I did more esteemThan music in her sweetest key,Those eyes which unto me did seemMore comfortable than ...

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