TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR CHRISTOPHER HATTON, LORD HIGH CHAUNCELOR OF ENGLAND, &C. THOSE prudent heads, that with theire counsels wise Whylom the pillours of th' earth did sustaine, And taught ambitious Rome to tyrannise, And in the neck of all the world to rayne, Oft from those grave affaires were wont abstaine, With the sweet Lady Muses for to play: So Ennius the elder Africane, So Maro oft did Caesars cares allay. So you, great Lord, that with your counsell sway The burdeine of this kingdom mightily, With like delightes sometimes may eke delay The rugged brow of carefull Policy; And to these ydle rymes lend litle space, Which for their titles sake may find more grace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NATURA NATURANS by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH SONG, WRITTEN AT SEA, IN THE FIRST DUTCH WAR, 1665 ... by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) THE EARLY PRIMROSE by HENRY KIRKE WHITE THE INNER VISION by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) THE LAY OF THE LEGION by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD: AGLAIA. A PASTORAL by NICHOLAS BRETON |