To The Painter Preparing To Draw M.M.H. (James Shirley Poems)
Be not too forward, painter; 'tisMore for thy fame, and art, to missAll other faces, than come nearThe Lady, that ...
Be not too forward, painter; 'tisMore for thy fame, and art, to missAll other faces, than come nearThe Lady, that ...
This Garden does not take my eyes,Though here you show how art of menCan purchase Nature at a priceWould stock ...
The glories of our birth and stateAre shadows, not substantial things;There is no armour against fate:Death lays his icy hands ...
There is no faith in claret, and it shallHenceforth with me be held apocryphal.I'll trust a small-beer promise, nay, a ...
The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things;There is no armour against Fate; Death lays his icy hand ...
In Love's name you are charged herebyTo make a speedy hue and cry,After a face, who t'other day,Came and stole ...
The glories of our blood and stateAre shadows, not substantial things;There is no armour against fate;Death lays his icy hand ...
Victorious men of earth, no more Proclaim how wide your empires are; Though you bind-in every shore And your triumphs reach as far As ...
Cease, warring thoughts, and let his brain No more discord entertain, But be smooth and calm again. Ye crystal rivers that are nigh, As ...
You virgins, that did late despairTo keep your wealth from cruel men,Tie up in silk your careless hair:Soft peace is ...
Victorious men of earth, no moreProclaim how wide your empires are;Though you bind in every shoreAnd your triumphs reach as ...
I have not livedAfter the rate to fear another world.We come from nothing into life, a timeWe measure with a ...
O fly, my Soul! What hangs upon Thy drooping wings, And weighs them downWith love of gaudy mortal things?The Sun is now ...
O Fly, my soul! what hangs uponThy drooping wings,And weighs them downWith love of gaudy mortal things? The Sun is now ...
When this crystal shall present Your beauty to your eye,Think that lovely face was meant To dress another by.For not to make ...
I stood and saw my Mistress dance,Silent, and with so fixed an eye,Some might suppose me in a trance: But being ...
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