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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, by JOHN BEAUMONT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He left two children, who for virtue, wit Last Line: And many poems like itself bring forth. Subject(s): Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586) | |||
He left two children, who for virtue, wit, Beauty, were loved of all, -- thee and his writ: Two was too few; yet death hath from us took Thee, a more faultless issue than his book, Who, now the only living thing we have From him, we'll see, shall never find a grave As thou hast done. Alas, would it might be That books their sexes had, as well as we, That we might see this married to its worth, And many poems like itself bring forth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, AT ST. PAUL'S WITHOUT A MONUMENT ... by EDWARD HERBERT TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND by BEN JONSON AN ELEGIE, OR FRIENDS PASSION, FOR HIS ASTROPHILL by MATTHEW ROYDEN AN EPITAPH UPON THE DEATH OF SIR PHILIP SIDNEY by RICHARD BARNFIELD OF MY DEAR SON [GERVASE BEAUMONT] by JOHN BEAUMONT THE ASSUMPTION by JOHN BEAUMONT TO HIS LATE MAJESTY, CONCERNING..TRUE FORM OF ENGLISH POETRY by JOHN BEAUMONT |
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