I who have favour'd many, come to be Grac't (now at last) or glorifi'd by thee. Loe, I, the Lyrick Prophet, who have set On many a head the Delphick Coronet, Come unto thee for Laurell, having spent, My wreaths on those, who little gave or lent. Give me the Daphne, that the world may know it, Whom they neglected, thou hast crown'd a Poet. A City here of Heroes I have made, Upon the rock, whose firm foundation laid, Shall never shrink, where making thine abode, Live thou a Selden, that's a Demi-god. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CALM [CALME] by JOHN DONNE HERO AND LEANDER by CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE A SOUL'S SOLILOQUY by WENONAH STEVENS ABBOTT TO HASEKAWA by WALTER CONRAD ARENSBERG AN ELEGY by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) PROVERBS IN RHYME by ALICE CARY UPON READING A VOLUME OF ANCIENT CHINESE POETRY by THOMAS CURTIS CLARK |