BRAVE Aelius, sprung from an heroic line, Whose pedigree in long descents do shine, That add'st new glories to the Lamian name, And rear'st fresh trophies to their fame! Descended from Prince Lamus, whose command Reach from the Formian walls, o'er sea and land; Well was he known our ancestors among, Where gentle Liris slides along. Great as thou art, time will not thee obey: To-morrow's like to be a blust'ring day, Some tempest too is threat'ned from the east, As by th' unlucky crow I guess'd: 'Tis dry to-day! Now lay thy fuel in, Ere the unwelcome season do begin, Good victuals get, and frolic friends together, Armour of proof against ill weather. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS OH! SUSANNA! by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER CHRIST'S KINGDOM AMONG THE GENTILES by ISAAC WATTS LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH THE POET: A RHAPSODY by MARK AKENSIDE PSALM 137. 'BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON' by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE PSALM 142 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE |