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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 48, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet's Biography
First Line: None other fame mine unambitious muse
Last Line: I'll sound her name the river all along.
Subject(s): Love; Thames (river)
First Line: None other fame mine unambitious muse
Last Line: I'll sound her name the river all along.
Subject(s): Love; Thames (river)
None other fame mine unambitious muse
Affected ever but t' eternize thee;
All other honors do my hopes refuse,
Which meaner prized and momentary be.
For God forbid I should my papers blot
With mercenary lines, with servile pen,
Praising virtues in them that have them not,
Basely attending on the hopes of men.
No, no, my verse respects nor Thames nor theatres,
Nor seeks it to be known unto the great;
But Avon, rich in fame, though poor in waters,
Shall have my song, where Delia hath her seat.
Avon shall be my Thames, and she my song;
I'll sound her name the river all along.
Other Poems of Interest...
THE LOVER TO THE THAMES OF LONDON TO FAVOUR HIS LADY ... by GEORGE TURBERVILLE
IMPRESSION DU MATIN by OSCAR WILDE
SYMPHONY IN YELLOW by OSCAR WILDE
A DESCRIPTION OF LONDON by JOHN BANCKS
THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: CANTO 2 by WILLIAM BASSE
BAB-LOCK-HYTHE by LAURENCE BINYON
THE IDLER'S CALENDAR: AUGUST. ON THE THAMES by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT