Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO SIR JOHN SPENSER KNIGHTE, ALDERMAN OF LONDON, by RICHARD BARNFIELD


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TO SIR JOHN SPENSER KNIGHTE, ALDERMAN OF LONDON, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Led by the swift report of winged fame
Last Line: Which substance now this shadow seems to crave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard
Variant Title(s): The Authors First Epistle-dedicatory
Subject(s): Women


Led by the swift report of winged Fame,
With silver trumpet, sounding forth your name
To you I dedicate this merry Muse,
And for my Patron, I your favour chuse:
She is a Lady, she must be respected:
She is a Queene, she may not be neglected.
This is the shadow, you the substance have,
Which substance now this shadow seems to crave.





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