random elizabethan poets

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angevin2 Apr 27, 2014 11:31

Rosalind's Madrigal
Thomas Lodge

Love in my bosom like a bee
Doth suck his sweet;
Now with his wings he plays with me,
Now with his feet.
Within mine eyes he makes his nest,
His bed amidst my tender breast;
My kisses are his daily feast,
And yet he robs me of my rest.
Ah, wanton, will ye?

( And if I sleep, then percheth he... )

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[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 08, 2014 01:16

Sonnet 16
Richard BarnfieldLong have I long’d to see my love againe ( Read more... )

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[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 06, 2013 00:23

The last line is given the way it is in the original print edition. I am sure you can guess what the missing word is.

Faith, wench, I cannot court thy sprightly eyes
Attributed to Sir John DaviesFaith (wench), I cannot court thy sprightly eyes ( Read more... )

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[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 19, 2012 17:01

To Everlasting Oblivion
John MarstonThou mighty gulf, insatiate cormorant ( Read more... )

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[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 14, 2012 17:45

This one is probably best known for John Dowland's lovely musical setting of it, which is included at the bottom of the post. The Dowland setting doesn't include the second verse, I guess because nobody wants to sing about weasels and apes.

The lowest trees have tops
Attrib. Sir Edward DyerThe lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall ( Read more... )

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angevin2 Apr 05, 2011 00:46

For That He Looked Not Upon Her
George GascoigneYou must not wonder, though you think it strange ( Read more... )

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[poetry advent calendar] today's poem

angevin2 Dec 02, 2010 23:23

Today we're going with contemporary Shakespeare references. Because those are fun.

Love's Labour Lost
Robert Tofte

Love's Labour Lost, I once did see a play ( Read more... )

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[NPM] today's poem

angevin2 Apr 07, 2009 00:56

I had a really descriptive poem about depression, but way too much of my flist is having a rough time of it. So instead, here's George Gascoigne talking to his penis. (That's who "little Robyn" is in the fifth stanza.)

The Lullaby of a Lover
George GascoigneSing lullaby, as women doe ( Read more... )

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today's poem

angevin2 Apr 28, 2008 01:05

Because evidently I enjoy making my flist depressed.

Tichborne's Elegy
written with his own hand in the Tower before his execution
Chidiock TichborneMy prime of youth is but a frost of cares ( Read more... )

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today's poem

angevin2 Apr 16, 2008 01:46

Is not about dildos like I suggested in the comments to my last post it might be, since the ones that spring to mind are Nashe's Choice of Valentines, which is very long (the poem, not the...oh, all right, the poem AND the dildo), and Rochester's "Monsieur Dildo," and I just don't like Rochester very much, because I am profoundly uncool. I suppose ( Read more... )

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