Poems

Phillis 02 LOVE guards the roses of thy lips And flies about them like a bee; If I approach he forward skips, And if I kiss […]

Rosalind’s Madrigal Love in my bosom like a bee, Doth suck his sweet; Now with his wings he plays with me, Now with his feet. Within […]

Rosalind: Like to the Clear in Highest Sphere Like to the clear in highest sphere Where all imperial glory shines, Of selfsame colour is her hair, […]

The Earth, Late Chok’d with Showers The earth, late chok’d with showers, Is now array’d in green, Her bosom springs with flowers, The air dissolves her […]

A Bill for the Better Promotion… Forasmuch as the Canter’s and Fanatic’s Lord Sayeth peace and joy are by me abhorred; And would fill each Sunday […]

A Fragment Nay, deem me not insensible, Cesario, To female charms; nor think this heart of mine Is cas’d in adamant; because, forsooth, I cannot ogle, […]

A Glee Quickly pass the social glass, Hence with idle sorrow! No delay—enjoy today, Think not of tomorrow! Life at best is but a span, Let […]

Beyond the Sea Beyond the sea, beyond the sea, My heart is gone, far, far from me; And ever on its track will flee My thoughts, […]

Castles in the Air My thoughts by night are often filled With visions false as fair: For in the past alone I build My castles in […]

Duet Milestone: All my troubles disappear, When the dinner-bell I hear, Over woodland, dale, and fell, Swinging slow with solemn swell,— The dinner-bell! the dinner-bell! Hippy: […]