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 ...
Lordly gallants! tell me this (Though my safe content you weigh not),In your greatness, what one bliss Have you gained, that I ...
False world, thy malice I espieWith what thou hast designed;And therein with thee to comply,Who likewise are combined:But, do thy ...
So now is come our joyful'st feast, Let every man be jolly. Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with ...
(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 ...
Sweet baby, sleep! what ails my dear, What ails my darling thus to cry?Be still, my child, and lend thine ear To ...
Two pretty rills do meet, and meeting makeWithin one valley a large silver lake:About whose banks the fertile mountains stoodIn ...
Me so oft my fancy drewHere and there, that I ne'er knewWhere to place desire beforeSo that range it might ...
Hence away, thou Syren, leave me!Pish! unclaspe these wanton armes;Sugred words can ne'er deceive me,(Though thou prove a thousand charmes).Fie, ...
She doth tell me where to borrowComfort in the midst of sorrow:Makes the desolatest placeTo her presence be a grace;And ...
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 ...
I loved a lass, a fair one, As fair as e'er was seen;She was indeed a rare one, Another Sheba Queen:But, fool ...
. 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 With which thou hast adorned the skies, Observing how they moved be, And how their splendor ...
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 make pale my cheeks with care'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer ...
Five Termes, there be, which five I doe applyTo all, that was, and is, and shall be done.The first, and ...
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 ...
Lord, living, here are weAs fast united, yetAs when our hands and hearts by TheeTogether first were knit,And, in a ...
Lord, living, here are weAs fast united, yetAs when our hands and hearts by TheeTogether first were knit,And, in a ...
I wandered out a while agone,And went I know not whither;But there do beauties many a oneResort and meet together,And ...
Thus fears the man whom virtue, beacon-like,Hath fix'd upon the hills of eminence;At him the tempests of mad envy strike,And ...
How near me came the hand of Death,When at my side he struck my dear,And took away the precious breathWhich ...
Her true beauty leaves behindApprehensions in my mindOf more sweetness than all artOr inventions can impart;Thoughts too deep to be ...
The Indian weed, withered quite,Green at noon, cut down at night,Shows thy decay; all flesh is hay,Thus thinke, then drinke ...
Now gentle sleep hath clos(George Wither)
Now gentle sleep hath clos'd up those eyesWhich waking kept my boldest thoughts in awe,And free access unto that sweet ...
Methought his royal person did foretellA kingly stateliness, from all pride clear;His look majestic seem(George Wither)
Did I not know a great man's power and mightIn spite of innocence can smother right,Colour his villainies to get ...
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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