Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh
The Artist
... He fiddles with the works of God, ...
My Last Will
... and man, Snatching all the joys he can, ...
The Conclusion
... But from this earth, this grave, this dust, ...
To His Love When He Had Obtained Her
... Then gather flowers in their prime, ...
Her Reply
... But could youth last, and love still breed, ...
Farewell to the Court
... Whose sweet spring spent, whose summer well-nigh done-- ...
Sestina Otiosa
... All in vain! The accomplished Man of Business ...
Stans Puer ad Mensam
... Guard well your hands: two things have been ...
Hymn
... And let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse ...
From Catullus V
... Sleep, after our short light, ...
The Passionate Man's Pilgrimage
... Just at the stroke when my veins start and spread, ...
A Vision upon the Fairy Queen
... And groans of buried ghosts the heavens did pierce : ...
Sir Walter Raleigh (The night before his death)
... Our youth, our joys, and all we have, ...
As You Came from the Holy Land
... "What's the cause that she leaves you alone, ...
Even Such Is Time
... And from which earth, and grave, and dust ...