Minor Poems of Michael Drayton

Name: Minor Poems of Michael Drayton
Author: Michael Drayton

by Michael Drayton

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MINOR POEMS OF MICHAEL DRAYTON
CHOSEN AND EDITED BY CYRIL BRETT
OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1907
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF DRAYTON'S LIFE AND WORKS
INTRODUCTION
FOOTNOTES:
SONNETS
[from the Edition of 1594]
To the deere Chyld of the Muses, and his euer kind Mecænas, Ma. Anthony Cooke, Esquire
Amour 1
Amour 2
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Amour 50
Amour 51
FINIS.
[from the Edition of 1599]
Sonet 1
Sonet 2 To the Reader of his Poems
Sonet 3
Sonet 5
Sonet 8
Sonet 9
Sonet 10
Sonet 11 To the Moone
Sonet 12
Sonet 13
Sonet 14 To the Soule
Sonet 21
Sonet 22
Sonet 23 To the Spheares
Sonet 24
Sonet 25
Sonet 27
Sonet 29 To the Sences
Sonet 30 To the Vestalls
Sonet 31
Sonet 34 To Admiration
Sonet 43
Sonet 44
Sonet 45
Sonet 55
Sonet 56 A Consonet
Sonet 57 To Lucie Countesse of Bedford
Sonet 58 To the Lady Anne Harington
[from the Edition of 1602]
Sonnet 12 To Lunacie
Sonnet 17
Sonnet 25 To Folly
Sonnet 27
Sonnet 31
Sonnet 41
Sonnet 58 To Prouerbe
Sonnet 63 To the high and mighty Prince, James, King of Scots
Sonnet 66 To the Lady L.S.
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Sonnet 43
Sonnet 46
Sonnet 47
Sonnet 50
Sonnet 51
Sonnet 57
Sonnet 58
To Sir Walter Aston, Knight of the honourable order of the Bath, and my most worthy Patron
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15 His Remedie for Loue
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36 Cupid coniured
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ODES
[from the Edition of 1619]
To Himselfe and The Harpe
To The New Yeere
To His Valentine
The Heart
The Sacrifice To Apollo
To Cvpid
An Amovret Anacreontick
Loves Conqvest
To The Viriginian Voyage
An Ode Written In The Peake
His Defence Against The Idle Critick
To His Rivall
A Skeltoniad
The Cryer
To His Coy Love A Canzonet
A Hymne To His Ladies Birth-Place
To The Cambro-Britans and their Harpe, his Ballad of Agincovrt
[from the Edition of 1606]
Ode 4 To my worthy frend, Master John Sauage of the Inner Temple
Ode 8
ELEGIES VPON SVNDRY OCCASIONS
[from the Edition of 1627]
Of his Ladies not Comming to London
To Master George Sandys Treasurer for the English Colony in Virginia
To my noble friend Master William Browne, of the euill time
Vpon the three Sonnes of the Lord Sheffield, drowned in Hvmber
To the noble Lady, the Lady I.S. of worldly crosses
An Elegie vpon the death of the Lady Penelope Clifton
Vpon the noble Lady Astons departure for Spaine
To my most dearely-loued friend Henery Reynolds Esquire, of Poets & Poesie
Vpon the death of his incomparable friend Sir Henry Raynsford of Clifford
Vpon the death of the Lady Olive Stanhope
To Master William Ieffreys, Chaplaine to the Lord Ambassadour in Spaine
Vpon the death of Mistris Elianor Fallowfield
NIMPHIDIA
THE COVRT OF FAYRIE
FINIS.
THE QVEST OF CYNTHIA
FINIS.
THE SHEPHEARDS SIRENA
FINIS.
THE MVSES ELIZIVM
The Description of Elizium
The first Nimphall Rodope and Dorida.
The second Nimphall Lalvs, Cleon, and Lirope.
The third Nimphall Doron. Naijs. Cloris. Claia. Dorilvs. Cloe. Mertilla. Florimel. With Nimphes and Forresters.
The fourth Nimphall Cloris and Mertilla.
The fift Nimphall
Claia, Lelipa, Clarinax a Hermit.
The sixt Nimphall Silvivs, Halcivs, Melanthvs.
The seuenth Nimphall Florimel, Lelipa, Naijs, Codrvs a Feriman.
The eight Nimphall Mertilla, Claia, Cloris.
The ninth Nimphall Mvses and Nimphs.
The tenth Nimphall Naiis, Claia, Corbilvs, Satyre.
SONGS FROM THE 'SHEPHERD'S GARLAND'
[From the Edition of 1593]
From Eclogue ij
From Eclogue iij
From Eclogue iv
From Eclogue vij
From Eclogue viij
[From the Edition of 1605]
From Eclogue ij
From Eclogue ij
[From the Edition of 1606]
From Eclogue vij
From Eclogue ix
From Eclogue ix
From Eclogue ix
APPENDIX
From England's Helicon (1600) p. 97. Rowlands Madrigall.
FINIS.
From T. Morley's First Book of Ballets (1595). Mr. M.D. to the Author.
Prefixed to Christopher Middleton's Legend of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (1600). To his friend, Master Chr. M. his Booke.
Prefixed to John Davies of Hereford; Holy Roode (1609). To M. Iohn Davies, my good friend.
Prefixed to Sir David Murray's Sophonisba &c. (1611). To my kinde friend Da: Murray.
Among the Panegyrical Verses before Coryat's Crudities (1611). Incipit Michael Drayton. A briefe Prologue to the verses following.
Prefixed to William Browne's Britannia's Pastorals (1613). To his Friend the Avthor.
Prefixed to Chapman's Translation of Hesiod's Georgics (1618). To my worthy friend Mr. George Chapman, and his translated Hesiod.
Prefixed to Book ij. of Primaleon, &c. Translated by Anthony Munday (1619). OF THE WORKE and Translation.
From Annalia Dubrensia (1636). TO MY NOBLE Friend Mr. Robert Dover, on his braue annuall Assemblies vpon Cotswold.
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