Archives for 1600s
HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR by Robert Herrick
HIS POETRY HIS PILLAR
Only a little more
I have to write:
Then I'll give o'er,
And bid the world good-night.
'Tis but a flying minute,
That I must stay,
Or linger in it:
And then I must ...
THE WORLD by Lord Francis Bacon
THE WORLD
by Lord Francis Bacon of Verulam
The World's a bubble, and the Life of Man
Less than a span: In his conception wretched, from the womb,
So to the tomb; Curst from ...
Upon A Spider Catching A Fly by Edward Taylor
Upon A Spider Catching A Fly
by Edward Taylor (1642-1729)
Thou sorrow, venom Elfe:
Is this thy play,
To spin a web out of thyselfe
To Catch a Fly?
For Why?
I saw a pettish wasp
Fall foule ...
On a Girdle by EDMUND WALLER
Edmund Waller (1606-1687)
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Progress of Poetry by Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
ON TIME by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674)
Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,
Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace;
And glut thy self with what thy womb ...
Hidden Flame by John Dryden
John Dryden (1631-1700)
Hidden Flame by John Dryden
Feed a flame within, which so torments me
That it both pains my heart, and yet contains me:
'Tis such a pleasing smart, and I so ...
To Lucasta, Going to the Warres by Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace (1618-1657)
Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 by Anne Bradstreet
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
On His Blindness by John Milton
John Milton (1608-1674)
The Coronet–Andrew Marvell
When for the thorns with which I long, too long,
With many a piercing wound,
My Saviour's head have crowned,
I seek with garlands to redress that wrong,—
Through every garden, every mead,
I gather ...