Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A HYMNE TO THE MUSES, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O! You the virgins nine! Last Line: Acknowledger of you. Subject(s): Muses | ||||||||
O! you the Virgins nine! That doe our soules encline To noble Discipline! Nod to this vow of mine: Come then, and now enspire My violl and my lyre With your eternall fire: And make me one entire Composer in your Quire. Then I'le your Altars strew With Roses sweet and new; And ever live a true Acknowledger of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN APOLOGY FOR NOT INVOKING THE MUSE by JOHN CIARDI FAREWELL TO TWO MUSES by CAROL FROST PLAINT OF THE POET IN AN IGNORANT AGE by CAROLYN KIZER MUSE OF MIDNIGHT by GREGORY ORR WILD HEART; FOR TRISHA by GREGORY ORR SO HELP ME SAPPHO by ANNE WALDMAN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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