Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REBUSE, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: The golden stem, with generous aid Last Line: Is the name of the nymph I pursue. Subject(s): James Ii, King Of England (1633-1701) | ||||||||
THE golden stem, with generous aid, Supports and feeds the fruitful blade. The queen, who rul'd a thankless isle, And gladden'd thousands with her smile (When the well-manag'd pound of gold Did more, than now the sum thrice told;) This stem of Ceres, and the fair Of Stuart's house, a name declare, Where goodness is with beauty join'd, Where queen and goddess both combin'd To form an emblem of the mind. THE light-footed female that bounds o'er the hills, That feeds among lilies, and drinks of the rills, And is fam'd for being tender and true; Which Solomon deemed a simile rare, To liken the two pretty breasts of his fair, Is the name of the nymph I pursue. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING JAMES II by THOMAS FLATMAN TO MY LORD THE KING, ON THE CHRISTENING HIS SECOND SON JAMES by BEN JONSON A PINDARICK TO MRS. BEHN ON HER POEM ON THE CORONATION by ANONYMOUS THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON COLONEL GARDINER, WHO WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON MISS GEE, WHO DIED OCTOBER 25, 1736 by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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