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An Epitaph upon —

An Epitaph upon — Enough: and leave the rest to Fame. 'Tis to commend her but to name. Courtship, which living she declin'd, When dead to offer were unkind. Where never any could speak ill,…

Eyes and Tears

Eyes and Tears How wisely Nature did decree, With the same Eyes to weep and see! That, having view'd the object vain, They might be ready to complain. And since the Self-deluding Sight, In a…

Second Song

Second Song[Hobbinol. Phillis. Tomalin.]HobbinolPhillis, Tomalin, away: Never such a merry day. For the Northern Shepheards Son Has Menalca's daughter won.PhillisStay till I some flow'rs ha'…

Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome

Fleckno, an English Priest at Rome Oblig'd by frequent visits of this man, Whom as Priest, Poet, and Musician, I for some branch of Melchizedeck took, (Though he derives himself from my Lord…

The Gallery

The Gallery Clora come view my Soul, and tell Whether I have contriv'd it well. Now all its several lodgings lye Compos'd into one Gallery; And the great Arras-hangings, made Of various Faces…

The Garden

The Garden How vainly men themselves amaze To win the Palm, the Oke, or Bayes; And their uncessant Labours see Crown'd from some single Herb or Tree, Whose short and narrow verged Shade Does…

The Mower to the Glo-Worms

The Mower to the Glo-Worms Ye living Lamps, by whose dear light The Nightingale does sit so late, And studying all the Summer-night, Her matchless Songs does meditate; Ye Country Comets,…

The Character of Holland

The Character of Holland Holland, that scarce deserves the name of Land, As but th'Off-scouring of the Brittish Sand; And so much Earth as was contributed By English Pilots when they heav'd…

Selected Poems

Andrew MarvellContentsTo His Coy MistressOn a Drop of DewThe CoronetPortion of the Second Chorus from Seneca's Tragedy of ThyestesThe Nymph Complaining for the Death of Her FaunFleckno, an English…