Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR JOHN SPENSER KNIGHTE, ALDERMAN OF LONDON, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Led by the swift report of winged fame Last Line: Which substance now this shadow seems to crave. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Variant Title(s): The Authors First Epistle-dedicatory Subject(s): Women | ||||||||
Led by the swift report of winged Fame, With silver trumpet, sounding forth your name To you I dedicate this merry Muse, And for my Patron, I your favour chuse: She is a Lady, she must be respected: She is a Queene, she may not be neglected. This is the shadow, you the substance have, Which substance now this shadow seems to crave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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