Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND AND INGENIOUS FRIEND, THE AUTHOR, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So far as can a swain, who than a round Last Line: That my harsh lines among the best may live. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Brooke, Christopher (1570-1628) | ||||||||
SO far as can a swain, who than a round On oaten-pipe no further boasts his skill, I dare to censure the shrill trumpet's sound, Or other music of the sacred hill: The popular applause hath not so fell, Like Nile's loud cataract, possess'd mine ears But others' songs I can distinguish well And chant their praise despised virtue rears: Nor shall thy buskin'd Muse be heard alone In stately palaces; the shady woods By me shall learn't, and echoes one by one Teach it the hills, and they the silver floods. Our learned shepherds that have us'd tofore Their happy gifts in notes that woo the plains By rural ditties will be known no more; But reach at fame by such as are thy strains. And I would gladly (if the Sisters' spring Had me enabled) bear a part with thee, And for sweet groves, of brave heroës sing, But since it fits not my weak melody, It shall suffice that thou such means dost give, That my harsh lines among the best may live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SHEPHERD'S PIPE: FIFTH ECLOGUE; TO HIS FRIEND CHRISTOPHER BROOKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR UPON HIS RICHARD by BEN JONSON THE SHEPHERD'S HUNTING: THE FIFTH EGLOGUE by GEORGE WITHER THE SHEPHERD'S HUNTING: THE FOURTH EGLOGUE by GEORGE WITHER THE SHEPHERD'S HUNTING: THE SECOND EGLOGUE by GEORGE WITHER THE SHEPHERD'S HUNTING: THE THIRD EGLOGUE by GEORGE WITHER STORM; TO MR. CHRISTOPHER BROOKE by JOHN DONNE EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) VISIONS: 4. A ROSE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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