Poems

A Description Of The Properties Of Winds All The Times Of The Year North winds send hail, south winds bring rain, East winds we bewail, west […]

Christmas Cheer Good husband and huswife, now chiefly be glad, Things handsome to have, as they ought to be had. They both do provide, against Christmas […]

March In March sow thy barley, thy land not too cold, The drier the better, a hundreth times told. That tilth harrow’d finely, set seed-time an […]

September Thresh seed and go fan, for the plow may not lie; September doth bid to be sowing of rye. The ridges well-harrow’d, or ever thou […]

The End Of Harvest Come home, lord^, singing, [“Harvest Lord,” or foreman] Come home, corn bringing. ‘Tis merry in hall, Where beards wag all. Once had […]

Upon The Author’s First Seven Years’ Service Seven times hath Janus ta’en new year by hand, Seven times hath blust’ring March blown forth his power To […]

The Aged Lover Renounceth Love I loathe that I did love, In youth that I thought sweet; As time requires for my behove, Me thinks they […]

Try Before You Trust To counsel my estate, abandoned to the spoil Of forged friends, whose grossest fraud is set with finest foil; To verify true […]

Cease Sorrows Now Cease sorrows now, for you have done the deed, lo care hath now consum’d my carcase quite, no hope is left nor help […]

Come Sirrah Jack Ho Come sirrah Jack ho, Fill some tobacco, Bring a wire and some fire, Haste haste away, quick I say, do not stay, […]