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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OF THE GREAT AND FAMOUS ... SIR FRANCIS DRAKE ..., by ROBERT HAYMAN First Line: The dragon that our seas did raise his crest Last Line: To joy, annoy, friends, foes; but 'twill not be. Subject(s): Drake, Sir Francis (1540-1596) | |||
The Dragon that our seas did raise his crest And brought back heaps of gold unto his nest, Unto his foes more terrible than thunder, Glory of his age, after-ages' wonder, Excelling all those that have excelled before -- It's feared we shall have none such any more -- Effecting all, he sole did undertake, Valiant, just, wise, mild, honest, godly Drake. This man when I was little I did meet As he was walking up Totnes' long street. He asked me whose I was. I answered him. He asked me if his good friend were within. A fair red orange in his hand he had; He gave it me, whereof I was right glad, Takes and kissed me, and prays, "God bless my boy," Which I record with comfort to this day. Could he on me have breathed with his breath His gifts, Elias-like, after his death, Then had I been enabled for to do Many brave things I have a heart unto. I have as great desire as e'er had he To joy, annoy, friends, foes; but 'twill not be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 12. TO SIR FRANCIS HENRY DRAKE, BARONET by MARK AKENSIDE ODE. SITTING AND DRINKING IN THE CHAIR ... by ABRAHAM COWLEY UPON THE CHAIR MADE OUT OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S SHIP ... by ABRAHAM COWLEY THE VOICE OF FRANCIS DRAKE (FROM NOMBRE DE DIOS BAY, 1919) by ETHELEAN TYSON GAW A GLIMPSE OF OCEAN by F. H. MCMAHON FRANCIS DRAKE; A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL A FAREWELL TO SIR JOHN NORRIS AND SIR FRANCIS DRAKE by GEORGE PEELE THE FIRST AMERICAN SAILORS by WALLACE RICE EPIGRAM ON SIR FRANCIS DRAKE by ANONYMOUS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: DAVIS MATLOCK by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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