BRAVE Aelius, sprung from an heroic line, Whose pedigree in long descents do shine, That add'st new glories to the Lamian name, And rear'st fresh trophies to their fame! Descended from Prince Lamus, whose command Reach from the Formian walls, o'er sea and land; Well was he known our ancestors among, Where gentle Liris slides along. Great as thou art, time will not thee obey: To-morrow's like to be a blust'ring day, Some tempest too is threat'ned from the east, As by th' unlucky crow I guess'd: 'Tis dry to-day! Now lay thy fuel in, Ere the unwelcome season do begin, Good victuals get, and frolic friends together, Armour of proof against ill weather. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOUNTAIN WATER by SARA TEASDALE THE VISION OF SIN by ALFRED TENNYSON FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 2 by WALT WHITMAN THE CANDLE by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 6 by RICHARD BARNFIELD HIS PRAYER TO PECUNIA by RICHARD BARNFIELD MATRIMONIAL MELODIES: 5. SPEAKING OF DRIVING by BERTON BRALEY |