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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMMENDATORY VERSE TO WILLIAM BROWNE OF TAVISTOCK, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Drive forth thy flock, young pastor, to that plain Last Line: As thou young shepherd art belov'd of me! Subject(s): Browne, William (1591-1645) | |||
DRIVE forth thy flock, young pastor, to that plain Where our old shepherds wont their flocks to feed; To those clear walks where many a skilful swain To'ards the calm ev'ning tun'd his pleasant reed. Those, to the Muses once so sacred, downs, As no rude foot might there presume to stand: (Now made the way of the unworthiest clowns, Digg'd and plough'd up with each unhallowed hand) If possible thou canst redeem those places, Where, by the brim of many a silver spring, The learned maidens and delightful graces Often have sat to hear our shepherds sing: Where on those pines, the neighb'ring groves among (Now utterly neglected in these days), Our garlands, pipes, and cornamutes were hung, The monuments of our deserved praise. So may thy sheep like, so thy lambs increase, And from the wolf feed ever safe and free! So may'st thou thrive, among the learned prease, As thou young shepherd art belov'd of me! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE ENTREATING HIM ... IN THE CONTINUATION OF BRITANNIA'S PASTORALS by NICHOLAS BRETON TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR UPON HIS POEM by CHRISTOPHER BROOKE TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR by AUGUSTUS CAESAR TO MY NOBLE FRIEND THE AUTHOR by UPTON CROKE TO MY BROWNE, YET BRIGHTEST SWAIN / THAT WOONS, OR ... PLAIN by JOHN DAVIES (1565-1618) IDEM AND EUNDEM; AN ODE by NICHOLAS DOWNEY TO THE UNPARALLELED AUTHOR OF THE SEQUENT POEMS, W.B. by NICHOLAS DOWNEY TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MASTER WILLIAM BROWNE: OF THE EVIL TIME by MICHAEL DRAYTON ON THE AUTHOR OF BRITANNIA'S PEERLESS PASTORALS by JOHN DYNHAM CANZONET: TO HIS COY LOVE by MICHAEL DRAYTON |
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