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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WILL D'AVENANT, MY FRIEND, UPON HIS POEM, 'MADAGASCAR', by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I behold, by warrant from thy pen Last Line: Than the dull issue of the lawful sheets. Subject(s): Davenant, Sir William (1606-1668) | |||
WHEN I behold, by warrant from thy pen, A prince rigging our fleets, arming our men, Conducting to remotest shores our force, (Without a Dido to retard his course), And thence repelling in successful fight Th' usurping foe, whose strength was all his right, By two brave heroes (whom we justly may By Homer's Ajax or Achilles lay): I doubt the author of the Tale of Troy, With him that makes his fugitive enjoy The Carthage Queen, and think thy poem may Impose upon posterity, as they Have done on us. What though romances lie Thus blended with more faithful history; We of th' adult'rate mixture not complain, But thence more characters of virtue gain; More pregnant patterns of transcendent worth Than barren and insipid Truth brings forth: So oft the bastard nobler fortune meets Than the dull issue of the lawful sheets. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT UPON .. FIRST TWO BOOKS OF GONDIBERT by ABRAHAM COWLEY TO MR. DAVENANT FOR ABSENCE by JOHN SUCKLING TO MY FRIEND WILL D'AVENANT, ON HIS OTHER POEMS by JOHN SUCKLING TO MY FRIEND WILL.DAVENANT, UPON HIS POEM OF 'MADAGASCAR' by JOHN SUCKLING A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW A PRAYER TO THE WIND by THOMAS CAREW AN ELEGY UPON THE DEATH OF DOCTOR DONNE, DEAN OF PAUL'S by THOMAS CAREW BOLDNESS IN LOVE by THOMAS CAREW DISDAIN RETURNED by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (1) by THOMAS CAREW |
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