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Subject: BARNES, BARNABE (1569-1609)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` IN HONOR OF BARNABE BARNES' 'FOUR BOOKS OF OFFICES': TO THE READER, by THOMAS CAMPION    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Though neither thou dost keep the keys of state
Last Line: Then, reader, love this book, or rather buy.
Subject(s): Barnes, Barnabe (1569-1609)


OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 12. TROCHAIC VERSE: THE EIGHTH EPIGRAM, by THOMAS CAMPION    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Barnzy stiffly vows that he's no cuckold
Last Line: Harvy bears the wrong, he proves the cuckold.
Subject(s): Barnes, Barnabe (1569-1609); Harvey, Gabriel (1545-1630)


OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 22. ELEGIAC VERSE: THE FIFTH EPIGRAM, by THOMAS CAMPION    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou tell'st me, barnzy, dawson hath a wife
Last Line: Thine he hath, I grant; dawson hath a wife.
Subject(s): Barnes, Barnabe (1569-1609); Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 24. ELEGIAC VERSE: THE SEVENTH EPIGRAM, by THOMAS CAMPION    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: All wonders barnzy speaks, all grossly feigned
Last Line: Speak some wonder once, barnzy; speak the truth.
Subject(s): Barnes, Barnabe (1569-1609); Lies