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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS FRIEND JOHN WEBSTER, UPON HIS 'DUCHESS OF MALFI', by WILLIAM ROWLEY First Line: I never saw thy duchess till the day Last Line: But never in her life so well before. Subject(s): Webster, John (1580-1625) | |||
I never saw thy Duchess till the day That she was lively bodied in thy play: Howe'er she answered her low-rated love Her brothers' anger did so fatal prove, Yet my opinion is, she might speak more, But never in her life so well before. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WITH A BIRTHDAY GIFT OF WEBSTER'S PLAYS by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE IN THE JUST WORTH OF JOHN WEBSTER, UPON HIS MASTER-PIECE OF TRAGEDY by THOMAS MIDDLETON SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 7. JOHN WEBSTER by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE HORATIAN EPODE TO THE DUCHESS OF MALFI by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE UPON DRINKING IN A BOWL by ANACREON WHITE FIELDS by JAMES STEPHENS THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD by WALLACE STEVENS THE SAILOR BOY by ALFRED TENNYSON WOULD I KNEW! by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |
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