Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, BOTH IN BIRTH AND VIRTUE, EARL OF CUMBERLAND, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What patron could I choose, great lord, but you? Last Line: If better, better could my zeal afford. Subject(s): Clifford, Francis. 4th Earl Cumberland | ||||||||
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, BOTH IN BIRTH AND VIRTUE, FRANCIS EARL OF CUMBERLAND WHAT patron could I choose, great Lord, but you? Grave words your years may challenge as their own: And every note of music is your due, Whose house the Muses' Palace I have known. To love and cherish them, though it descends With many honours more on you, in vain Preceding fame herein with you contends, Who hath both fed the Muses and their train. These leaves I offer you, Devotion might Herself lay open. Read them, or else hear How gravely, with their tune, they yield delight To any virtuous and not curious ear: Such as they are, accept them, noble Lord: If better, better could my zeal afford. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 3. AMARYLLIS by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 4 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 6. CORRINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 8 by THOMAS CAMPION FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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