Summe for thy sake rych Monuments doo frame of marble pillars Porfry Jett and gold Engravynge depe thy tytles in the same worthy because such worthy lymmes they hold And summe agayne whose love surmounts theyr skill and of thy wytt devyne the treasures lacke In prayse of the have cloathed with theyr quyll the papers whyte in lynes of moornynge blacke But thow the whyle doest us to understande that men obscure those helpes of Honor crave Who for thy selfe with valyante feyghtinge hande more lardge haste carvde thy glory and thy grave For doo the ryght thy sworde shoulde be the penn thy noble blood the yncke whearwith to wryte Thy monument the fylde of martyall menn wheare lastinge tyme thy glorye should indyte. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FACADE: 7. MADAME MOUSE TROTS by EDITH SITWELL ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 63 by PHILIP SIDNEY FALSTAFF'S SONG by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN THE APPROACH OF LOVE by LOUIS ARAGON MORNING STAR by HARRIET R. BEAN PSALM 23 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE MOONLIGHT IN SUMMER by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD THE SHEPHERD'S SONG: A CAROL OR HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS by EDMUND BOLTON ON THE DEATH OF REV. LEVI PARSONS by JOHN GARDINER CALKINS BRAINARD |