Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (4), by ARTHUR GORGES Poet's Biography First Line: Like to a lampe whose flaming lyghte is deade Last Line: Where those bright eyes their beames do not dysclose Subject(s): Elizabeth I, Queen Of England (1533-1603 | ||||||||
Like to a lampe whose flaming lyghte is deade Or as a rynge whose Rubie out ys fall Or as a neaste from whence the Birdes are fledd Or as a shryne wher no Saynte is att all Or as a well when driede is the Springe Or as a hooke where no sweete baite ys leafte Or as a Cage whearin no byrde doth synge Or as the Spraye from whence the rose is refte Or as the Hyve the honny hadd awaye Or as the lymmes when lyffe hath taken flighte Or as the worlde depryvede of the daye Or [as] the moone Eclypsede of hyr lyghte Such to my mynde each place and pleasure shoes Where those bright eyes their beames do not dysclose | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELIZABETH'S WAR WITH THE CHRISTMAS BEAR: 1601 by NORMAN DUBIE TIME TO BE WISE by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR FAREWELL TO ARMS by GEORGE PEELE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: APRIL by EDMUND SPENSER THE HOUSE-WARMING; A LEGEND OF BLEEDING-HEART YARD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM LAST DAYS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 27 by THOMAS CAMPION A BALLAD TO QUEEN ELIZABETH (OF THE SPANISH ARMADA) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON VERSES SUNG TO QUEEN ELIZABETH BY A MERMEAD by ARTHUR GORGES A PASTORALL UNFYNYSHED by ARTHUR GORGES AN ECOLOGE BETWEN A SHEPHEARDE AND A HEARDMAN by ARTHUR GORGES |
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