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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS GRACE, GEORGE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, by PHILIP AYRES Poet's Biography First Line: The unruly steed by laws to tame and ride Last Line: Your blooming age does yield before your prime. Subject(s): Fitzroy, George. Duke Of Northumberland | |||
TH' unruly steed by laws to tame and ride; With graceful course the well-pois'd lance to guide; In martial sports ever to win the prize; And troops with skill and judgement exercise: In a calm breast a warlike heart to show; To glory friend, to wantonness a foe; To keep on Passion, Reason's powerful hand; Over his soul, and self, to have command: To sport with books, whilst arms aside he lays; To interweave the olive with the bays; When tir'd with arts, to tune Apollo's lyre; To merit honours ere he them desire. These fruits which others bring with art and time, Your blooming age does yield before your prime. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHARACTER OF HIS FRIEND, W.B. ESQ by PHILIP AYRES A DEFIANCE, RETURNING TO THE PLACE OF HIS PAST AMOURS by PHILIP AYRES A HINT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD SATIRE OF JUVENAL by PHILIP AYRES A NYMPH TO A YOUNG SHEPHERD, INSENSIBLE OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES A SESTINA, IN IMITAION OF SIG. FRA. PETRARCA by PHILIP AYRES A SONG: REVENGE AGAINST CYNTHIA by PHILIP AYRES A SONNET. LOVE'S CONTRARIETY by PHILIP AYRES A SONNET. OF LOVE by PHILIP AYRES |
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