Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAMENTATION OF RICHMOND; SONNET, by ARTHUR GORGES Poet's Biography First Line: Like to a lampe whose flaiminge light is dead Last Line: Synce my astreas flyght unto the skye Subject(s): Henry, Prince Of Wales (1584-1612) | ||||||||
Like to a lampe whose flaiminge light is dead Or as the Rynge whose dyamond is loste Or as the neast from whence the birds are fledd Or as the Tree the blossoms quayld with frost Or as the well when dryed is the springe Or as the shrine whearein no saynt is lefte Or as the Cage wheare no sweete bird dooth singe Or as the Stalke from whence the rose is refte Or as the Lymmes when life hath taken flight Or as the Hive the honny had awaye Or as the Moone eclypsed of hir light Or as the world deprived of the daye Such I poore Richmond seene too every eye Synce my Astreas flyght unto the skye | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: DEDICATION TO HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM BASSE AN ELEGY OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY UPON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF PRINCE HENRY by THOMAS CAMPION SONNET: TO HIS ENTOMBED BODYE by ARTHUR GORGES THE OLYMPIAN CATASTROPHE by ARTHUR GORGES THE OLYMPIAN CATASTROPHE: TO THE PRINCES .. ELIZABETHS GRACE by ARTHUR GORGES THE OLYMPIAN CATASTROPHE: TO THE QUEENES MAJESTYE by ARTHUR GORGES THE OLYMPIAN CATASTROPHE: TO THE READER by ARTHUR GORGES WRITTEN UPON THE DEATH OF THE MOST NOBLE PRINCE HENRIE by ARTHUR GORGES A PASTORALL UNFYNYSHED by ARTHUR GORGES AN ECOLOGE BETWEN A SHEPHEARDE AND A HEARDMAN by ARTHUR GORGES |
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