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| 4221. | Sonnet XVII: Stay, Speedy Time by Michael Drayton | | To Time
Stay, speedy Time, behold, before thou pass,
From age to age what thou hast sought to see,
One in whom all the excellencies be,
In wh... |
| 4222. | Sonnet XXX: Those Priests by Michael Drayton | | To the Vestals
Those priests which first the Vestal fire begun,
Which might be borrow'd from no earthly flame,
Devis'd a vessel to receive the ... |
| 4223. | Sonnet III: Taking My Pen by Michael Drayton | | Taking my pen, with words to cast my woe,
Duly to count the sum of all my cares,
I find my griefs innumerable grow,
The reckonings rise to milli... |
| 4224. | Endimion and Phoebe (excerpts) by Michael Drayton | | In Ionia whence sprang old poets' fame,
From whom that sea did first derive her name,
The blessed bed whereon the Muses lay,
Beauty of Greece, the ... |
| 4225. | Sonnet VI: How Many Paltry Things by Michael Drayton | | How many paltry, foolish, painted things,
That now is coaches trouble every street,
Shall be forgotten, whom no Poet sings,
Ere they be well wra... |
| 4226. | Sonnet XLIV: Whilst Thus My Pen by Michael Drayton | | Whilst thus my pen strives to eternize thee,
Age rules my lines with wrinkles in my face,
Where in the map of all my misery
Is modell'd out the ... |
| 4227. | Sonnet XLVII: In Pride of Wit by Michael Drayton | | In pride of wit when high desire of fame
Gave life and courage to my laboring pen,
And first the sound and virtue of my name
Won grace and credi... |
| 4228. | Sonnet XLI: Why Do I Speak of Joy by Michael Drayton | | Love's Lunacy
Why do I speak of joy, or write of love,
When my heart is the very den of horror,
And in my soul the pains of Hell I prove,
Wit... |
| 4229. | Sonnet XXXVI: Thou Purblind Boy by Michael Drayton | | Cupid Conjured
Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slack
To wound her heart, whose eyes have wounded me,
And suffer'd her to glory in my... |
| 4230. | Sonnet XLVI: Plain-Path'd Experience by Michael Drayton | | Plain-path'd Experience, th'unlearned's guide,
Her simple followers evidently shows
Sometimes what Schoolmen scarcely can decide,
Nor yet wise R... |
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