Go little book, go little fable Unto the bright, and amiable Lucy of Bedford; she, that bounty Appropriates still unto that county: Tell her, his muse that did invent thee To Cynthia's fairest nymph hath sent thee, And sworn, that he will quite discard thee If any way she do reward thee But with a kiss (if thou canst dare it) Of her white hand; or she can spare it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RED TURTLENECK by KAREN SWENSON TO THE PIOUS MEMORY OF THE YOUNG LADY MRS. ANNE KILLIGREW by JOHN DRYDEN SONNET: 8. WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY by JOHN MILTON THOSE EVENING BELLS by THOMAS MOORE THE PRETTY REDHEAD by GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE THE EVE OF BANNOCKBURN by JOHN BARBOUR SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 18. A PORTRAIT by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |