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The Works of Michael Drayton

Edited by J. William Hebel
Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

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VOLUME I
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VOLUME II
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POEMS: BY MICHAEL DRAYTON ESQVIRE.
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ENGLANDS HEROICALL EPISTLES. BY Michael Drayton, ESQVIRE.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
  
TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.
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THE EPISTLE OF ROSAMOND TO KING HENRY THE SECOND.
  
HENRY TO ROSAMOND.
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KING JOHN TO MATILDA.
  
MATILDA TO KING JOHN.
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QUEENE ISABEL TO MORTIMER.
  
MORTIMER TO QUEENE ISABEL.
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EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE TO ALICE COUNTESSE OF SALISBURIE.
  
ALICE COUNTESSE OF SALISBURIE TO THE BLACKE PRINCE.
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QUEENE ISABEL TO RICHARD THE SECOND.
  
RICHARD THE SECOND TO QUEENE ISABEL.
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QUEENE KATHERINE TO OWEN TUDOR.
  
OWEN TUDOR TO QUEENE KATHERINE.
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ELINOR COBHAM TO DUKE HUMPHREY.
  
DUKE HUMPHREY TO ELINOR COBHAM.
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WILLIAM DE-LA-POOLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE, TO QUEENE MARGARET.
  
QUEENE MARGARET TO WILLIAM DE-LA-POOLE, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE.
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EDWARD THE FOURTH TO MISTRES SHORE.
  
THE EPISTLE OF MISTRES SHORE, TO KING EDWARD THE FOURTH.
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MARY, THE FRENCH QUEENE, TO CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE.
  
CHARLES BRANDON, DUKE OF SUFFOLKE, TO MARY THE FRENCH QUEENE.
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HENRY HOWARD, EARLE OF SURREY, TO THE LADY GERALDINE.
  
THE LADY GERALDINE, TO HENRY HOWARD, EARLE OF SURREY.
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THE LADY JANE GRAY, TO THE LORD GILFORD DUDLEY.
  
GILFORD DUDLEY TO THE LADY JANE GRAY.
  
A CATALOGUE OF THE HEROICALL LOVES.
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IDEA. IN SIXTIE THREE SONNETS. BY Michael Drayton, ESQVIRE.
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ODES. WITH OTHER LYRICK POESIES.
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THE LEGENDS OF Robert, Duke of Normandie. Matilda the Faire. Pierce Gaveston, Earle of Cornwall. Thomas Cromwell, Earle of Essex.
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THE OWLE.
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PASTORALS. Contayning EGLOGVES, With the Man in the Moone.
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VOLUME III
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VOLUME IV

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131

TO M. MICHAEL DRAYTON.

Long have I wisht, and hop'd my weaker Muse
(In nothing strong, but my unhappie Love)
Would give me leave my fortune to approve,
And view the World, as named Poets use;
But still her fruitlesse Bosome doth refuse
To blesse me with indifferencie of Prayse,
Not daring (like to many) to abuse
That Title, which true Worth should onely rayse:
Thus Bank'rout, and despairing of mine owne,
I set my wish and hope (kind Friend) on thee,
Whose Fruit approv'd, and better Fortune knowne,
Tells me, thy Muse my Loves sole Heire must be;
So barren Wombes imbrace their Neighbors yong,
So dumbe Men speake by them that have a Tongue.
Thomas Hassel, Gent.
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