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Poems (1892)

Raleigh, Walter (1552?-1618)

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PART I. THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH
 I. 
I. WALTER RAWELY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE
 II. 
II. THE EXCUSE.
 III. 
III. AN EPITAPH
 IV. 
IV. A VISION UPON THIS CONCEIT OF THE FAIRY QUEEN.
 V. 
V. ANOTHER OF THE SAME.
 VI. 
VI. REPLY TO MARLOWE.
 VII. 
VII. LIKE HERMIT POOR.
 VIII. 
VIII. FAREWELL TO THE COURT.
 IX. 
IX. THE ADVICE.
 X. 
X. IN THE GRACE OF WIT, OF TONGUE, AND FACE.
 XI. 
XI. FAIN WOULD I, BUT I DARE NOT.
 XII. 
XII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH TO HIS SON.
 XIII. 
XIII. ON THE CARDS AND DICE.
 XIV. 
XIV. THE SILENT LOVER.
 XV. 
XV. A POESY TO PROVE AFFECTION IS NOT LOVE.
 XVI. 
XVI. THE LIE.
 XVII. 
XVII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S PILGRIMAGE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII.
 XIX. 
XIX. TO THE TRANSLATOR OF LUCAN.
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XX. CONTINUATION OF THE LOST POEM, CYNTHIA
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III. THE 21ST AND LAST BOOK OF THE OCEAN, TO CYNTHIA.
 XXI. 
XXI. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S PETITION TO THE QUEEN
 XXII. 
XXII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S VERSES,
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XXIII. FRAGMENTS AND EPIGRAMS.
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I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
 IV. 
IV.
 V. 
V. Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester.
 VI. 
VI. Epitaph on the Earl of Salisbury.
 VII. 
VII. A Poem put into my Lady Laiton's Pocket by Sir Walter Raleigh.
 VIII. 
VIII. Sir W. Raleigh on the Snuff of a Candle the Night before he Died.
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XXIV. METRICAL TRANSLATIONS
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I. BOOK I. CH. I. § 6.
 II. 
II. BOOK I. CH. I. § 7.
 III. 
III. BOOK I. CH. I. § 11.
 IV. 
IV. BOOK I. CH. I. § 15.
 V. 
V. BOOK I. CH. I. § 15.
 VI. 
VI. BOOK I. CH. II. § 1.
 VII. 
VII. BOOK I. CH. II. § 3.
 VIII. 
VIII. BOOK I. CH. II. § 5.
 IX. 
IX. BOOK I. CH. II. § 5.
 X. 
X. BOOK I. CH. II. § 5.
 XI. 
XI. BOOK I. CH. III. § 3.
 XII. 
XII. BOOK I. CH. III. § 3.
 XIII. 
XIII. BOOK I. CH. IV. § 2.
 XIV. 
XIV. BOOK I. CH. V. § 5.
 XV. 
XV. BOOK I. CH. V. § 8.
 XVI. 
XVI. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 3.
 XVII. 
XVII. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 3.
 XVIII. 
XVIII BOOK I. CH. VI. § 4.
 XIX. 
XIX. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 4.
 XX. 
XX. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 5.
 XXI. 
XXI. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 5.
 XXII. 
XXII. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 5.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 7.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 7.
 XXV. 
XXV. BOOK I. CH. VI. § 7.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. BOOK I. CH. VII. § 2.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. BOOK I. CH. VII. § 3.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. BOOK I. CH. VII. § 3.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. BOOK I. CH. VII. § 7.
 XXX. 
XXX. BOOK I. CH. VIII. § 3.
 XXXI. 
XXXI. BOOK I. CH. VIII. § 3.
 XXXII. 
XXXII. BOOK I. CH. VIII. § 4.
 XXXIII. 
XXXIII. BOOK I. CH. VIII. § II. 2.
 XXXIV. 
XXXIV. BOOK I. CH. X. § 2.
 XXXV. 
XXXV. BOOK I. CH. X. § 7.
 XXXVI. 
XXXVI. BOOK I. CH. XI. § 7.
 XXXVII. 
XXXVII. BOOK I. CH. XI. § 8.
 XXXVIII. 
XXXVIII. BOOK II. CH. VI. § 4.
 XXXIX. 
XXXIX. BOOK II. CH. VI. § 5.
 XL. 
XL. BOOK II. CH. VII. § 3. 3.
 XLI. 
XLI. BOOK II. CH. VII. § 4. 5.
 XLII. 
XLII. BOOK II. CH. VIII. § 1.
 XLIII. 
XLIII. BOOK II. CH. VIII. § 1.
 XLIV. 
XLIV. BOOK II. CH. VIII. § 1.
 XLV. 
XLV. BOOK II. CH. X. § 2.
 XLVI. 
XLVI. BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 3.
 XLVII. 
XLVII BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 3.
 XLVIII. 
XLVIII. BOOK II. CH. XIII. §
 XLIX. 
XLIX. BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 3.
 L. 
L. BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 3.
 LI. 
LI. BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 4.
 LII. 
LII. BOOK II. CH. XIII. § 8.
 LIII. 
LIII. BOOK II. CH. XIV. § 1.
 LIV. 
LIV. BOOK II. CH. XIV. § 1.
 LV. 
LV. BOOK II. CH. XIV. § 1.
 LVI. 
LVI. BOOK II. CH. XIV. § 1.
 LVII. 
LVII. BOOK II. CH. XXI. § 6.
 LVIII. 
LVIII. BOOK II. CH. XXII. § 6.
 LIX. 
LIX. BOOK II. CH. XXIII. § 4.
 LX. 
LX. BOOK II. CH. XXIII. § 5.
 LXI. 
LXI. BOOK II. CH. XXIV. § 1.
 LXII. 
LXII. BOOK II. CH. XXIV. § 5.
 LXIII. 
LXIII. BOOK III. CH. VII. § 3.
 LXIV. 
LXIV. BOOK IV. CH. I. § 5.
 LXV. 
LXV. BOOK IV. CH. II. § 8.
 LXVI. 
LXVI. BOOK IV. CH. II. § 15.
 LXVII. 
LXVII. BOOK V. CH. II. § 1.
 LXVIII. 
LXVIII. BOOK V. CH. VI. § 11.
 LXIX. 
LXIX. BOOK V. CH. VI. § 12.
 XXV. 
XXV. NO PLEASURE WITHOUT PAIN.
 XXVI. 
XXVI. THE SHEPHERD'S PRAISE OF HIS SACRED DIANA.
 XXVII. 
XXVII. THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE.
 XXVIII. 
XXVIII. AS YOU CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND.
 XXIX. 
XXIX. A POEM BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH.
 XXX. 
XXX. TO HIS SINGULAR FRIEND, WILLIAM LITHGOW.

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XIV. THE SILENT LOVER.

Passions are likened best to floods and streams:
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;
So, when affections yield discourse, it seems
The bottom is but shallow whence they come.
They that are rich in words, in words discover
That they are poor in that which makes a lover.
Wrong not, sweet empress of my heart,
The merit of true passion,
With thinking that he feels no smart,
That sues for no compassion;
Since, if my plaints serve not to approve
The conquest of thy beauty,
It comes not from defect of love,
But from excess of duty.
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For, knowing that I sue to serve
A saint of such perfection,
As all desire, but none deserve,
A place in her affection,
I rather choose to want relief
Than venture the revealing;
Where glory recommends the grief,
Despair distrusts the healing.
Thus those desires that aim too high
For any mortal lover,
When reason cannot make them die,
Discretion doth them cover.
Yet, when discretion doth bereave
The plaints that they should utter,
Then thy discretion may perceive
That silence is a suitor.
Silence in love bewrays more woe
Than words, though ne'er so witty:
A beggar that is dumb, you know,
May challenge double pity.
Then wrong not, dearest to my heart,
My true, though secret, passion:
He smarteth most that hides his smart,
And sues for no compassion.
Sr W. R.
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