Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO HIS HONOURED KINSMAN, SIR WILLIAM SOAME, by ROBERT HERRICK


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TO HIS HONOURED KINSMAN, SIR WILLIAM SOAME, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I can but name thee, and methinks I call
Last Line: As benjamin, and storax, when they meet.
Subject(s): Winter


I can but name thee, and methinks I call
All that have been, or are canonicall
For love and bountie, to come neare, and see,
Their many vertues volum'd up in thee;
In thee Brave Man! Whose incorrupted fame,
Casts forth a light like to a Virgin flame:
And as it shines, it throwes a scent about,
As when a Rain-bow in perfumes goes out.
So vanish hence, but leave a name, as sweet,
As Benjamin, and Storax, when they meet.





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