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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY FRIEND WILL.DAVENANT, UPON HIS POEM OF 'MADAGASCAR', by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: What mighty princes poets are! Those things Last Line: In thy next voyage bring the gold too with thee. Subject(s): Davenant, Sir William (1606-1668); Plays & Playwrights | |||
WHAT mighty princes poets are! those things The great ones stick at, and our very kings Lay down, they venture on; and with great ease Discover, conquer, what and where they please. Some phlegmatic sea-captain would have stay'd For money now, or victuals; not have weigh'd Anchor without'em; thou, Will, dost not stay So much as for a wind, but go'st away, Land'st, view'st the country; fight'st, put'st all to rout, Before another could be putting out! And now the news in town is, D'Av'nant's come From Madagascar, fraught with laurel home; And welcome, Will, for the first time; but prithee, In thy next voyage bring the gold too with thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENDING WITH A LINE FROM LEAR by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL YOUR SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL TO AN ARTIST, TO TAKE HEART by LOUISE BOGAN THE SAVING WAY by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE FOX WHO WATCHED FOR THE MIDNIGHT SUN by NORMAN DUBIE YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE SAY by JAMES GALVIN A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING |
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