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Pastoral Poems By: Nicholas Breton (1545?-1626?) |
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Nicholas Breton
Pastoral Poems George Wither
Selected Poetry William Browne
(of Tavistock)
Pastoral Poetry [Small Ornamental Illustration] J. R. Tutin
Hull
1906 Large Paper Edition, limited to 250 copies Turnbull & Spears, Printers, Edinburgh. Nicholas Breton
(1558 1626) Thou that wouldst find the habit of true passion,
And see a mind attired in perfect strains ...
Look here on Breton's work. BEN JONSON.
George Wither
(1588 1667) The praises of poetry have been often sung in ancient and in modern
times; strange powers have been ascribed to it of influence over
animate and inanimate auditors; its force over fascinated crowds has
been acknowledged; but before Wither, no one ever celebrated its
power at home, the wealth and the strength which this divine gift
confers upon its possessor. Fame, and that too after death, was all
which hitherto the poets had promised themselves from this art. It
seems to have been left to Wither to discover that poetry was a
present possession, as well as a rich reversion, and that the Muse
has a promise of both lives, of this, and of that which was to
come. CHARLES LAMB.
William Browne
(1591 ? 1645) I feel an envious touch,
And tell thee Swain: that at thy fame I grutch,
Wishing the Art that makes this Poem shine,
And this thy Work (wert not thou wrongèd) mine. GEORGE WITHER: To the Author
[ of Britannia's Pastorals ].
Contents
PAGE PREFATORY NOTE 5
NICHOLAS BRETON A Sweet Pastoral 7
Aglaia: a Pastoral 8
Phyllida and Corydon 10
Astrophel's Song of Phyllida and Corydon 11
A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon 13
Corydon's Supplication to Phyllis 14
A Report Song in a Dream, between a shepherd and his nymph 15
Another of the Same 16
A Shepherd's Dream 16
A Quarrel with Love 17
A Sweet Contention between Love, his Mistress, and Beauty 18
Love: "Foolish love is only folly" 20
"Those eyes that hold the hand of every heart" 20
Sonnet: "The worldly prince doth in his sceptre hold" 21
A Sweet Lullaby 22
GEORGE WITHER Prelude. From The Shepherd's Hunting 24
A Poet's Home. From Faire Virtue 27
Her Beauty. From Faire Virtue 29
Rhomboidal Dirge. From Faire Virtue 30
Song: "Lordly gallants!" From Faire Virtue 32
Song: "Shall I, wasting in despair." From Faire Virtue 36
"Amarillis I did woo." From Faire Virtue 37
Sonnet: On a Stolen Kiss 37
A Christmas Carol 38
A Rocking Hymn 40
The Marigold 43
Sonnet: On the Death of Prince Henry 43
From a Satire written to King James I. 44
WILLIAM BROWNE From "Britannia's Pastorals":
To England 45
The Seasons 45
May Day Customs 46
Birds in May 46
Music on the Thames 47
A Concert of Birds 47
Flowers 48
Morning 48
Night 49
A Pleasant Grove 50
An Angler 51
A Rill 52
"Glide soft, ye silver floods" 52
"Venus by Adonis' side" 53
A Song: "Gentle Nymphs" 54 Spring Morning... Continue reading book >>
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