Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET ON PIETRO REGGIO HIS SETTING TO MUSIC MR. COWLEY'S POEMS, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: If theban pindar rais'd his country's fame Last Line: And with his daphne crown thy rival head. Subject(s): Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667) | ||||||||
IF Theban Pindar rais'd his country's fame, Whilst its great deeds he does in odes rehearse, And they made greater by his noble verse In gratitude are trophies to his name: Then English Pindar shall for ever live, Since his divine and lofty poetry Secur'd, great Reggio, by thy harmony, Shall to itself immortal glory give. The world's amaz'd to hear the sweet consent, Betwixt thy charming voice and instrument, They'd stop the bays which from Apollo fled; Thy skilful notes would make in full career Phoebus, the God of Music, stay to hear, And with his Daphne crown thy rival head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO by MARY ASTELL BEAUTY; PINDARIC ODE by CHARLES COTTON TO CUPID, A FOOLISH POET, OCCASION'D BY AS FOOLISH A POEM OF HIS ... by CHARLES COTTON UPON TWO GREENE APRICOCKES SENT TO COWLEY BY SIR CRASHAW by RICHARD CRASHAW ON MR. ABRAHAM COWLEY'S DEATH AND BURIAL AMONGST THE...POETS by JOHN DENHAM DEDICATORY SONNET TO THE REV. WILLIAM PHILPOT by ALEXANDER B. GROSART TO FRIEND AND SCHOOL-FELLOW ABRAHAM COWLEY ON BLOSSOMES by BEN MASTERS IN IMITATION OF COWLEY: 1. WEEPING by ALEXANDER POPE ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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