TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND MOST VERTUOUS LADY, THE COUNTESSE OF PENBROKE REMEMBRAUNCE of that most heroicke spirit, The hevens pride, the glory of our daies, Which now triumpheth through immortall merit Of his brave vertues, crownd with lasting baies Of hevenlie blis and everlasting praies; Who first my Muse did lift out of the flore, To sing his sweet delights in lowlie laies; Bids me, most noble Lady, to adore His goodly image living evermore In the divine resemblaunce of your face; Which with your vertues ye embellish more, And native beauty deck with hevenlie grace: For his, and for your owne especial sake, Vouchsafe from him this token in good worth to take. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON WE SAT DOWN AND WEPT by GEORGE GORDON BYRON THE CELLO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER PRINCETON by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN HYMN TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY ON EDWARD WEBBE, ENGLISH GUNNER by WILLIAM ROSE BENET SONNET: LOVE'S ETHIC by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON |