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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IMITATION OF SPENSER, by CHRISTOPHER PITT
First Line: A well-known vase of sov'reign use I sing
Last Line: Of china's fragile earth, with azure flowerets sheen.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599)
First Line: A well-known vase of sov'reign use I sing
Last Line: Of china's fragile earth, with azure flowerets sheen.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599)
A Well-known vase of sov'reign use I sing,
Pleasing to young and old, and Jordan hight.
The lovely queen, and eke the haughty king
Snatch up this vessel in the murky night:
Ne lives there poor, ne lives there wealthy wight,
But uses it in mantle brown or green;
Sometimes it stands array'd in glossy white;
And eft in mighty contours may be seen
Of China's fragile earth, with azure flowerets sheen.
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