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The Works in Verse and Prose

(including hitherto unpublished Mss.) of Sir John Davies: for the first time collected and edited: With memorial-introductions and notes: By the Rev. Alexander B. Grosart. In three volumes
Davies, John (1569-1626)

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VOL. I: VERSE.
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Nosce Teipsum.
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Orchestra.
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Hymnes of Astrœa.
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Minor Poems.
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I. Yet other Twelve Wonders of the World.
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II. A Contention
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III. A Lottery.
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IV. Canzonet.
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V. Reason's Moane.
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VI. On the Death of Lord Chancellor Ellesemere's Second Wife in 1599.
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VII Tityrus to his Faire Phillis.
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VIII. A Riddle vpon a Coffin.
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Epigrams, with Additions.
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Appendix to Epigrams:
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Hitherto Unpublished Poems.
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Miscellaneous Poems.

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HYMNE III. To the Spring.

Earth now is greene, and heauen is blew,
Liuely Spring which makes all new,
Iolly Spring, doth enter;
Sweete yong sun-beames doe subdue
Angry, agèd Winter.
Blasts are milde, and seas are calme,
Euery meadow flowes with balme,
The Earth weares all her riches;
Harmonious birdes sing such a psalme,
As eare and heart bewitches.
Reserue (sweet Spring) this Nymph of ours,
Eternall garlands of thy flowers,
Greene garlands neuer wasting;
In her shall last our State's faire Spring,
Now and for euer flourishing,
As long as Heauen is lasting.
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