Michael Drayton
Michael Drayton
Michael Draytonwas an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era...
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brave poet poets
Had in him those brave translunary things/ That the first poets had.
time gay amber
WhenTime shall turn those amber locks to grey, My verse again shall gild and make them gay.
time amber gray
When Time shall turne those Amber Lockes to Gray.
hands sea fishing
Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive; His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow, That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw: Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand, That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand, Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut. And if at first he fail, his second sommersault He instantly assays and from his nimble ring, Still yarking never leaves, Until himself he fling Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.
time heart kissing
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part; Nay, I have done, you get no more of me, And I am glad, yea glad with all my heart That thus so cleanly I myself can free; Shake hands forever, cancel all our vows, And when we meet at any time again, Be it not seen in either of our brows That we one jot of former love retain.
kissing helping former-love
Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.
valentines-day winter bird
Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good bishop's sake Get up and let us see What beauty it shall be That Fortune us assigns.
kings men mind
The mind is free, whate'er afflict the man, A King's a King, do Fortune what she can.