Poems

A Description of One of the Pieces of Tapistry at Long-Leat THUS Tapistry of old, the Walls adorn’d, Ere noblest Dames the artful Shuttle scorn’d: Arachne, […]

A Letter To Dafnis April: 2d 1685 This to the Crown, and blessing of my life, The much lov’d husband, of a happy wife. To him, […]

A Letter ToThe Same Person Sure of Success, to You I boldly write, Whilst Love do’s ev’ry tender Line endite; Love, who is justly President of […]

A Miller, his Son, and their Ass THO’ to Antiquity the Praise we yield Of pleasing Arts; and Fable’s earli’st Field Own to be fruitful Greece; […]

A Nocturnal Reverie. In such a Night, when every louder Wind Is to its distant Cavern safe confin’d; And only gentle Zephyr fans his Wings, {1} […]

A Pastoral Dialogue Between Two Shepherdesses [Silvia] Pretty Nymph! within this Shade, Whilst the Flocks to rest are laid, Whilst the World dissolves in Heat, Take […]

A Poem For The Birth-Day Of The Right Honble The Lady Catharine Tufton ‘Tis fit SERENA shou’d be sung. High-born SERENA, Fair and Young, Shou’d be […]

A Song Persuade me not, there is a Grace Proceeds from Silvia’s Voice or Lute, Against Miranda’s charming Face To make her hold the least Dispute. […]

A Suplication For The Joys Of Heaven To the Superior World to Solemn Peace To Regions where Delights shall never cease To Living Springs and to […]

A Tale of the Miser and the Poet A WIT, transported with Inditing, Unpay’d, unprais’d, yet ever Writing; Who, for all Fights and Fav’rite Friends, Had […]