Poems

You Remember Ellen You remember Ellen, our hamlet’s pride, How meekly she bless’d her humble lot, When the stranger, William, had made her his bride, And […]

On a Fair Morning as I Came by the Way On a fair morning, as I came by the way, Met I with a merry maid […]

See, See, Mine Own Sweet Jewel See, see, mine own sweet jewel, See what I have here for my darling: A robin-redbreast and a starling. These […]

A Litany in Time of Plague Adieu, farewell, earth’s bliss; This world uncertain is; Fond are life’s lustful joys; Death proves them all but toys; None […]

Autumn Autumn hath all the summer’s fruitful treasure; Gone is our sport, fled is poor Croydon’s pleasure. Short days, sharp days, long nights come on apace, […]

Fair Summer Droops Fair summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore, So fair a summer look for nevermore: All good things vanish less than in a […]

Spring SPRING, the sweet Spring, is the year’s pleasant king; Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring, Cold doth not sting, the pretty […]

The Choice of Valentines Pardon sweete flower of matchless Poetrie, And fairest bud the red rose euer bare ; Although my Muse deuor’st from deeper care […]

A Commentary On The Eastern Wise Men… Three pedlers traveling to a fair, To see the fun and what was there, And sell their merchandise; They […]

An Address To Lord Howe The rain pours down, the city looks forlorn, And gloomy subjects suit the howling morn; Close by my fire, with door […]