Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: DEDICATION TO R. WENMAN, by WILLIAM BASSE Poet's Biography First Line: Since, (noble lord), your groues haue been the bowers Last Line: For so long night purchase perpetuall day. Subject(s): Wenman, Sir Richard (1573-1640) | ||||||||
SINCE, (Noble Lord), your groues haue been the bowers Where Shepheards songs not onely sung haue been, But Shepheards selues been sheltred from the powers Of Summers heate and blastes of Winters keene, The gentle fruites of all these freindly howers To climbe your hand are thus ambitious seene. For Swaine is none so simple on the greene But knowes these honors all so much your due, That other claime there can be none between Your title unto them and theirs to you. For this, that of all Ilandes is the Queene, Neuer Mæcenas bred more nobly true: And O what vertue more, then life to giue To verse, whereby all other vertues liue? The famous Shepheard Collin, whom we looke Never to match, (though follow him we may That follow sheep, and carry scrip and hooke) By iust aduantage of his time and way Has plac'd the moneths in his eternall booke, All in their owne due order and aray; (A Kalendar to last, we cannot say For one yeare, but as long as yeares shal bee); Yet of the weeke has left me euery day Vertues to sing, though in more low degree. And could they reach, my Lord, a higher key, Yours as the Shepheard is the songes should be. Great merit may claime grace in Noble breast; Favour is greatest where desart is least. And were I not an English workeman right, That neuer thought his worke enough well done, These sooner had unto your noble sight Been off'red by the all beholding Sun. Pardon the bashfull Shepheard: Tis no slight Aduenture through a world of eyes to run. As in some Clymate half a yeare is spun Away by Night before the Day appeare, And when Aurora there hath rayes begun There is againe no Night for halfe a yeare; Like that is this my Muse, who, hauing won From halfe an ages sleep a Morning cleare Of your aspect and favour, hopes she may For so long Night purchase perpetuall Day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by WILLIAM BASSE THE ANGLER'S SONG by WILLIAM BASSE A MORNING AFTER MOURNING by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 1. TRUE AND CHASTE LOVE by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 2. OF GRATITUDE by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 3. OF CONTENTMENT by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 4. WORTHY MEMORY by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 5. OF TEMPERANCE by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 6. OF PATIENCE by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 7. OF HOSPITALITY by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 8. OF CONSTANCY by WILLIAM BASSE CLIO, NINE ECLOGUES IN HONOUR OF NINE VIRTUES: 9. OF HUMILITY by WILLIAM BASSE |
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