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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 15, by RICHARD BARNFIELD Poet's Biography First Line: Ah fairest ganymede, disdaine me not Last Line: Learne for to folde, and to unfold our sheepe. Alternate Author Name(s): Barnefield, Richard Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect | |||
Ah fairest Ganymede, disdaine me not, Though silly Sheepeheard I, presume to love thee, Though my harsh songs and Sonnets cannot move thee, Yet to thy beauty is my love no blot. Apollo, Iove, and many Gods beside, S'daind not the name of cuntry shepheards swains, Nor want we pleasure, though we take some pains, We live contentedly: a thing call'd pride, Which so corrupts the Court and every place, (Each place I meane where learning is neglected, And yet of late, even learnings selfe's infected) I know not what it meanes, in any case: Wee onely (when Molorchus gins to peepe) Learne for to folde, and to unfold our sheepe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROCK AND HAWK by ROBINSON JEFFERS GODOLPHIN HORNE, WHO WAS CURSED WITH THE SIN OF PRIDE, AND BECAME A BOOT-BLACK by HILAIRE BELLOC PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 1 by KENNETH REXROTH PRIMER LESSON by CARL SANDBURG HAEC FABULA DOCET by ROBERT FROST VICTIM OF HIMSELF by MARVIN BELL ODE, FR. THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM by RICHARD BARNFIELD SONNET TO HIS FRIEND R.L. IN PRAISE OF MUSIQUE AND POETRIE by RICHARD BARNFIELD |
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