Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS BETTER BELOVED THAN KNOWN FRIEND, MR. BROWNE, by JOHN ONLEY First Line: Such is the fate of some (write) nowadays Last Line: Browne's muse the fair brown woman still will call. Subject(s): Browne, William (1591-1645) | ||||||||
SUCH is the fate of some (write) nowadays Thinking to win and wear, they break the bays. As a slow footman striving near to come A swifter that before him far doth run, Puff'd with the hope of Honour's goal to win, Runs out of breath yet furthest off from him: So do our most of poets whose Muse flies About for honour, catch poor butterflies. But thou, fair friend, not rank'd shall be 'mongst those That make a mountain where a molehill grows; Thou whose sweet-singing pen such lays hath writ That in an old way teacheth us new wit; Thou that wert born and bred to be the man To turn Apollo's glory into Pan, And when thou lists of shepherds leave to write, To great Apollo add again his light. For never yet like shepherds forth have come Whose pipes so sweetly play as thine have done. Fair Muse of Browne, whose beauty is as pure As women brown that fair and long'st endure, Still may'st thou as thou dost a lover move, And as thou dost each mover may thee love, Whilst I myself in love with thee must fall, Browne's Muse the fair brown woman still will call. | 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 COMMENDATORY VERSE TO WILLIAM BROWNE OF TAVISTOCK by MICHAEL DRAYTON TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MASTER WILLIAM BROWNE: OF THE EVIL TIME by MICHAEL DRAYTON ROBERT FROST RELATES THE DEATH OF THE TIRED MAN by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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