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angevin2

[NPM] today's poem

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... )

poetry: 16th century, national poetry month 2013, random elizabethan poets, poetry, demonstrations of outstanding maturity

Comments 8

curtana April 6 2013, 06:19:17 UTC

*snerk*

eglantine_br April 6 2013, 06:41:38 UTC

It has a charming directness somehow, I find. I think she should take him up on the offer!

steepholm April 6 2013, 07:48:59 UTC

Bass viol! Love it.

I'd not seen this one before. Have you ever looked at his gulling sonnets?

lnhammer April 6 2013, 14:30:08 UTC

I thought this was one of the gulling sonnets ... ?

steepholm April 6 2013, 14:35:09 UTC

It may well be! The ones I've read are mostly parodying formal features, but why not?

lnhammer April 6 2013, 17:46:21 UTC

Turns out, no -- it's from his collection of epigrams (which in turn was first printed anonymously with Marlowe's translation of Ovid's Amores, which means it's sometimes attributed to Kit).

---L.

executrix April 6 2013, 13:11:14 UTC

An e-mail from Principal Woods in BtVS S7?

lnhammer April 6 2013, 17:51:47 UTC

Pedantic realization: while "fuck" is the obvious ellipsis, the line would sound a lot better with otherwise less-forceful "tup."