Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BOOK TO THE READER, by WILLIAM BOSWORTH Poet's Biography First Line: Mr. Author vow'd to prattle forth his loves Last Line: His hawk may please you with a fairer flight. Alternate Author Name(s): William Boxworth Subject(s): Authors & Authorship | ||||||||
Reader; MR. Author vow'd to prattle forth his Loves, And fill the azure skies with wat'ry clouds: My author vow'd to dwell in shady groves, And paint his fortune in Diana's shrouds. For the best artist that the world admires, Was but the artist of his own desires. You must not then expect a curious strain, That best befits the quaintness of his story. No, that's a shadow for a riper brain, Let them report it, that have had the glory. The gilded tresses of the clearest shining, Have neither force in rising nor declining. Then take the branches of his tender vine, Which here you have presented, though he fears You'll draw his meaning by too strict a line, For yet he ne'er attained to thrice seven years. Yet let me pass, and ere his day sees night, His hawk may please you with a fairer flight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEELING AN ORANGE by EVE MERRIAM TO A FRIEND IN THE MAKING by MARIANNE MOORE LITTLE BLANCO RIVER by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE YELLOW GLOVE by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE AUTHOR TO HER BOOK by ANNE BRADSTREET ON SOME SOUTH AFRICAN NOVELISTS by IGNATIUS ROYSTON DUNNACHIE CAMPBELL THE ARGUMENT OF HIS BOOK by ROBERT HERRICK BRIGHTON ROCK BY GRAHAM GREENE by BILL KNOTT ARCADIUS AND SEPHA by WILLIAM BOSWORTH HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 1 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 10 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |
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