Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ANSWER, by ELIZABETH I Poet's Biography First Line: Ah silly pugg, wert thou so sore afraid? Alternate Author Name(s): Tudor, Elizabeth Subject(s): Fortune; Raleigh, Sir Walter (1552-1618) | ||||||||
Ah, silly Pug, wert thou so sore afraid? Mourn not, my Wat, nor be thou so dismayed. It passeth fickle Fortune's power and skill To force my heart to think thee any ill. No Fortune base, thou sayest, shall alter thee? And may so blind a witch so conquer me? No, no, my Pug, though Fortune were not blind, Assure thyself she could not rule my mind. Fortune, I know, sometimes doth conquer kings, And rules and reigns on earth and earthly things, But never think Fortune can bear the sway If virtue watch, and will her not obey. Ne chose I thee by fickle Fortune's rede, Ne she shall force me alter with such speed But if to try this mistress' jest with thee. Pull up thy heart, suppress thy brackish tears, Torment thee not, but put away thy fears. Dead to all joys and living unto woe, Slain quite by her that ne'er gave wise men blow, Revive again and live without all dread, The less afraid, the better thou shalt speed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RALEIGH WAS RIGHT (FIRST VERSION) by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE SPIRIT OF THE AGES by ALICE CARTER COOK AN INVITATION TO PHYLLIS by CHARLES COTTON AN ELEGY UPON S. W. R. by HENRY KING (1592-1669) SIR WALTER RALEIGH TO A CAGED LINNET by EUGENE JACOB LEE-HAMILTON INSCRIPTION FOR A MEMORIAL WINDOW TO SIR WALTER RALEIGH by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL A CALL ON SIR WALTER RALEIGH; AT YOUGHAL, COUNTY CORK by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT SIR WALTER'S HONOR by MARGARET JUNKIN PRESTON THE FAERIE QUEENE: DEDICATORY SONNET TO.. SIR WALTER RALEIGH by EDMUND SPENSER ON MONSIEUR'S DEPARTURE by ELIZABETH I |
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