Renaissance Verse
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Extracts from the Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse, 1509-1659. Some of the greatest poets in English (Spenser, Donne, Shakespeare, Milton, Marvell) are collected in the book. Spellings modernized (haphazardly) by myself.
From The Weavers Song by Thomas Deloney.
June 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
From The Weavers Song by Thomas Deloney.
From Sapho to Philænis by John Donne. Not in the PBoRV - taken from the Wordsworth Poetry Library edition of the Works of John Donne.
June 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
From Sapho to Philænis by John Donne. Not in the PBoRV - taken from the Wordsworth Poetry Library edition of the Works of John Donne.
"Weare I a Kinge I coulde commande content" by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. (Not an extract, the whole thing fits in one skeet!)
June 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"Weare I a Kinge I coulde commande content" by Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford. (Not an extract, the whole thing fits in one skeet!)
From The Mower to the Glo-Worms by Andrew Marvell.
June 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
From The Mower to the Glo-Worms by Andrew Marvell.
From The Description of Cooke-ham by Æmilia Lanyer.
June 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
From The Description of Cooke-ham by Æmilia Lanyer.
From Friendship’s Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia by Katherine Phillips.
May 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
From Friendship’s Mystery, To My Dearest Lucasia by Katherine Phillips.
From Certayne Egloges 5 by Alexander Barclay (1570).
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
From Certayne Egloges 5 by Alexander Barclay (1570).
From "Mine own John Poyntz, since ye delight to know" by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Modernized spelling taken from the Penguin Classics edition of Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems.
May 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
From "Mine own John Poyntz, since ye delight to know" by Sir Thomas Wyatt. Modernized spelling taken from the Penguin Classics edition of Sir Thomas Wyatt: The Complete Poems.
From The Mower against Gardens by Andrew Marvell.
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
From The Mower against Gardens by Andrew Marvell.
From The Countess of Anglesey lead Captive by the Rebels, at the Disforresting of Pewsam by Sir William Davenant.
May 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
From The Countess of Anglesey lead Captive by the Rebels, at the Disforresting of Pewsam by Sir William Davenant.
From The Description of Cooke-ham by Æmilia Lanyer.
May 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
From The Description of Cooke-ham by Æmilia Lanyer.
From The Gallery by Andrew Marvell.
May 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
From The Gallery by Andrew Marvell.
From Loves Growth by John Donne.
May 14, 2025 at 9:27 PM
From Loves Growth by John Donne.