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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 21. TO CYRIACK SKINNER, by JOHN MILTON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cyriack, whose grandsire on the royal bench Last Line: And when god sends a cheerful hour, refrains. Variant Title(s): "sonnet: 18;""cyriack, Whose Grandsire On The Royal Bench""; Subject(s): Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634); Skinner, Cyriack (1627-1700) | |||
CYRIACK, whose grandsire on the royal bench Of British Themis, with no mean applause Pronounced and in his volumes taught our laws, Which others at their bar so often wrench: To-day deep thoughts resolve with me to drench In mirth, that after no repenting draws; Let Euclid rest and Archimedes pause, And what the Swede intend, and what the French. To measure life, learn thou betimes, and know Toward solid good what leads the nearest way; For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT A SOLEMN MUSIC by JOHN MILTON AT A VACATION EXERCISE IN THE COLLEGE by JOHN MILTON EPITAPH ON THE ADMIRABLE DRAMATIC POET, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by JOHN MILTON ON HIS BEING [OR, HAVING] ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE by JOHN MILTON ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH by JOHN MILTON |
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