The uncompleted edition of Wither's poems, ed. by J.M. Gutch. 4 vols, Volume 21622 |
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... ne'er beholding yet to Fame ? Fate would ( perhaps ) my Muse , as yet unknown , Should first in Sorrow's livery be shown . Then be the witness of my discontent , And see if griefs have made me eloquent : For here I mourn for your - our ...
... ne'er beholding yet to Fame ? Fate would ( perhaps ) my Muse , as yet unknown , Should first in Sorrow's livery be shown . Then be the witness of my discontent , And see if griefs have made me eloquent : For here I mourn for your - our ...
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... ne'er have done ; The subject matter infinite affords .. But there's a mean in all : with too much grieving We must not of God's providence despair , Like cursed Pagans , or men unbelieving . ' Tis true , the hopes that we have lost ...
... ne'er have done ; The subject matter infinite affords .. But there's a mean in all : with too much grieving We must not of God's providence despair , Like cursed Pagans , or men unbelieving . ' Tis true , the hopes that we have lost ...
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... , to acquaint his Sovereign , here he sends , As one despairing of all other friends . I do presume that you will favour shew him , Now that a messenger from thence you know him , For many thousands that his face ne'er knew , Blame 29.
... , to acquaint his Sovereign , here he sends , As one despairing of all other friends . I do presume that you will favour shew him , Now that a messenger from thence you know him , For many thousands that his face ne'er knew , Blame 29.
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George Wither John Mathew Gutch. For many thousands that his face ne'er knew , Blame his accusers , and his fortune rue ; And by the help which your good word may do , He hopes for pity from his Sovereign too . Then in his presence with ...
George Wither John Mathew Gutch. For many thousands that his face ne'er knew , Blame his accusers , and his fortune rue ; And by the help which your good word may do , He hopes for pity from his Sovereign too . Then in his presence with ...
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... ne'er be sorry for❜t ; For all my grief is that I was so sparing , And had no more in't worth the name of daring . He that will tax these times must be more bitter : Tart lines of vinegar and gall are fitter . My fingers and my spirits ...
... ne'er be sorry for❜t ; For all my grief is that I was so sparing , And had no more in't worth the name of daring . He that will tax these times must be more bitter : Tart lines of vinegar and gall are fitter . My fingers and my spirits ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Alexis art thou bear behold blessed Canticle cause Christ church comfort confess contemn Count Palatine Cuddy dare dear death deign delight doth e'er earth Eclogue Edom envy EPIGRAM Epithalamion esteem eternal Ev'n ev'ry evermore eyes fair faith fame Father favour fear flesh foes fortunes friends George Wither give glory grace grief hand hate hath hear heart heav'n holy honest honour hope Hymns innocence Israel Jerusalem King live Lord malice Marshalsea means mercy mind Muse myrrh ne'er never nought nymphs Philarete pity pleas'd pleasure poor praise pray Prince Religio Medici Rhine Saint Satires Satyrs scorn shame shepherds shew sing Sisera SONG sorrow soul spirit spite sweet thee there's thine things thou art thou didst thou dost thou hast thought thy name true unto villainy virtue vouchsafe whilst Willy worth wrath
Passagens conhecidas
Página 166 - By a daisy whose leaves spread Shut when Titan goes to bed ; Or a shady bush or tree, She could more infuse in me, Than all Nature's beauties can, In some other wiser man.
Página 146 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Página 145 - WHEN Love with unconfined wings Hovers within my gates, And my divine Althea brings To whisper at the grates; When I lie tangled in her hair And fettered to her eye, The birds that wanton in the air Know no such liberty.
Página 166 - Some things that may sweeten gladness, In the very gall of sadness. The dull loneness, the black shade, That these hanging vaults have made, The strange music of the waves, Beating on these hollow caves, This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss : The rude portals that give light More to Terror than Delight : This my chamber of Neglect, Wall'd about with Disrespect ; From all these and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and...
Página 297 - I feel not in myself those common antipathies that I can discover in others : those national repugnances do not touch me, nor do I behold with prejudice the French, Italian, Spaniard, or Dutch...
Página 145 - When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deep Know no such liberty. When...
Página 167 - Though thou be to them a scorn That to nought but earth are born, Let my life no longer be Than I am in love with thee : Though our wise ones call...
Página 167 - Beating on these hollow caves; This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss: The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight.
Página 65 - I FIRST adventure, with fool-hardy might, To tread the steps of perilous despite. I first adventure, follow me who list, And be the second English satirist.
Página 165 - Wer't in mortal's power to do.) She doth tell me where to borrow Comfort in the midst of sorrow ; Makes the desolatest place To her presence be a grace ; And the blackest discontents Be her fairest ornaments.