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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ELDER BROTHER: THE PLEASURES OF A LIBRARY, by JOHN FLETCHER Poet's Biography First Line: Give me leave / to enjoy myself. That place, that does contain Last Line: To incre se in knowledge. Lights there, for my study! Variant Title(s): The Library A Glorious Court Subject(s): Books; Reading | |||
Give me Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers. And sometimes for variety, I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account: and, in my fancy, Deface their ill-planned statues. Can I then Part with such constant pleasures, to embrace Uncertain vanities? No; be it your care To augment a heap of wealth; it shall be mine To incre se in knowledge. Lights there, for my study! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO SONNETS: 1 by DAVID LEHMAN THE ILLUSTRATION?ÇÖA FOOTNOTE by DENISE LEVERTOV FALLING ASLEEP OVER THE AENEID by ROBERT LOWELL POETRY MACHINES by CATE MARVIN LENDING LIBRARY by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY ASPATIA'S SONG, FR. THE MAID'S TRAEGDY by JOHN FLETCHER |
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