TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARLE OF OXENFORD, LORD HIGH CHAMBERLAYNE OF ENGLAND, &C. RECEIVE, most noble Lord, in gentle gree The unripe fruit of an unready wit, Which by thy countenaunce doth crave to bee Defended from foule Envies poisnous bit: Which so to doe may thee right well befit, Sith th' antique glory of thine auncestry Under a shady vele is therein writ, And eke thine owne long living memory, Succeeding them in true nobility; And also for the love which thou doest beare To th' Heliconian ymps, and they to thee, They unto thee, and thou to them, most deare. Deare as thou art unto thy selfe, so love That loves and honours thee, as doth behove. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE THE GREEN ROADS by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS COMPENSATIONS by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER WILDERNESS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE THYROID GLAND by GAMALIEL BRADFORD BEHOLD THE DEEDS!; CHANT ROYAL by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER |