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VERSES UPON THE SAID EARLES LUTE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Whilst vitall sapp did make me spring
Last Line: The muses nine this voice did send.
Alternate Author Name(s): Clout, Colin
Subject(s): Boyle, Richard, Earl Of Cork,(1566-1643); Lutes


Whilst vitall sapp did make me spring,
And leafe and bough did flourish brave,
I then was dumbe and could not sing,
Ne had the voice which now I have.
But when the axe my life did end,
The Muses nine this voice did send.





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