Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS MISTRSS, DEPLORING THAT HE IS NOT AN ELIZABETHAN GALAXY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why did not fate to me bequeath an Last Line: And called, at college, required reading. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
WHY did not Fate to me bequeath an Utterance Elizabethan? It would have been delight to me If natus ante 1603. My stuff would not be soon forgotten If I could write like Harry Wotton. I wish that I could wield the pen Like William Drummond of Hawthornden. I would not fear the ticking clock If I were Browne of Tavistock. For blithe conceits I would not worry If I were Raleigh, or the Earl of Surrey. I wish (I hope I am not silly?) That I could juggle words like Lyly. I envy many a lyric champion, I. e., viz., e. g., Thomas Campion. I creak my rhymes up like a derrick, I ne'er will be a Robin Herrick. My wits are dull as an old Barlow -- I wish that I were Christopher Marlowe. In short, I'd like to be Philip Sidney, Or some one else of that same kidney. For if I were, my lady's looks And all my lyric special pleading Would be in all the future books, And called, at college, Required Reading. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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