Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEDICATORY SONNET TO THE REV. WILLIAM PHILPOT, by ALEXANDER B. GROSART First Line: The lapse of time has made thy very name Last Line: They still are dear; philpot, thou'lt not gainsay. Subject(s): Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667) | ||||||||
THE LAPSE OF TIME HAS MADE THY VERY NAME POETICAL; AND MORE, IT STIRS OUR LOVE, E'EN AS 'TWERE OF A PERSONAL FRIEND, ABOVE THE MISTS THAT NOW, COWLEY, BECLOUD THY FAME. AS, WHEN THE SUN IS SET, A SWIFT-SHOT FLAME GLEAMS IN THE SKIES, AND UPWARDS STILL DOTH MOVE, TOUCHING WITH ROSY SPLENDOUR STREAM AND GROVE, SO, COWLEY, 'TIS WITH THEE. I MAY NOT CLAIM THAT THOU ART NOW IN MEN'S MOUTHS AS OF OLD, OR FOR THY WORKS THE LUSTRE ONCE THEY HELD; BUT PLEASANT MEMORIES STILL THY NAME ENFOLD. THOUGHT -- FANCY -- ENGLISH RARE, OF DAYS OF ELD WERE THINE: AND TO A CHOSEN FEW, TO-DAY, THEY STILL ARE DEAR; PHILPOT, THOU'LT NOT GAINSAY. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINDSOR FOREST by ALEXANDER POPE IN EMULATION OF MR. COWLEYS POEM CALL'D THE MOTTO by MARY ASTELL SONNET ON PIETRO REGGIO HIS SETTING TO MUSIC MR. COWLEY'S POEMS by PHILIP AYRES BEAUTY; PINDARIC ODE by CHARLES COTTON TO CUPID, A FOOLISH POET, OCCASION'D BY AS FOOLISH A POEM OF HIS ... by CHARLES COTTON UPON TWO GREENE APRICOCKES SENT TO COWLEY BY SIR CRASHAW by RICHARD CRASHAW ON MR. ABRAHAM COWLEY'S DEATH AND BURIAL AMONGST THE...POETS by JOHN DENHAM TO FRIEND AND SCHOOL-FELLOW ABRAHAM COWLEY ON BLOSSOMES by BEN MASTERS IN IMITATION OF COWLEY: 1. WEEPING by ALEXANDER POPE THE LEAK IN THE DIKE; A STORY OF HOLLAND by PHOEBE CARY |
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