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The Poetical Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden

With "A Cypresse Grove": Edited by L. E. Kastner
Drummond, William (1585-1649)

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FLOWRES OF SION:
  
[i] [The Instabilitie of Mortall Glorie.]
  
[ii] [Humane Frailtie.]
  
[i] [The Permanencie of Life.]
  
[iii] [No Trust in Tyme.]
  
[iv] [Worldes Ioyes are Toyes.]
  
[v] [Nature must yeelde to Grace.]
  
[vi] [The Booke of the World.]
  
[vii] [The Miserable Estate of the World before the Incarnation of God.]
  
[viii] [The Angels for the Natiuitie of our Lord.]
  
[ix] [For the Natiuitie of our Lord.]
  
[x] [Amazement at the Incarnation of God.]
  
[xi] [For the Baptiste.]
  
[xii] [For the Magdalene.]
  
[xiii] [For the Prodigall.]
  
[xiv] [For the Passion.]
  
[i] [An Hymne of the Passion.]
  
[xv] [To the Angels for the Passion.]
  
[ii] [Faith aboue Reason.]
  
[xvi] [Vpon the Sepulcher of our Lord.]
  
[ii] [An Hymne of the Resurrection.]
  
[iii] [An Hymne of the Ascension.]
  
[xvii] [Mans Knowledge, Ignorance in the Misteries of God.]
  
[xviii] [Contemplation of Inuisible Excellencies aboue, by the Visible below.]
  
[iii] [The Difference betweene Earthlie and Heauenlie Loue.]
  
[xix] [Earth and all on it Changeable.]
  
[iv] [The World a Game.]
  
[xx] [The Court of True Honour.]
  
[xxi] [Against Hypocrisie.]
  
[v] [Change should breede Change.]
  
[xxii] [The Praise of a Solitarie Life.]
  
[xxiii] [To a Nightingale.]
  
[xxiv] [Content and Resolute.]
  
[xxv] [Deathes Last-Will.]
  
[xxvi] [The Blessednesse of Faithfull Soules by Death.]
  
[iv] [An Hymne of True Happinesse.]
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[v] AN HYMNE OF THE FAIREST FAIRE.
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[vi] [A Prayer for Mankinde.]
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[vii] THE SHADOW OF THE IVDGEMENT
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A CYPRESSE GROVE:
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The Entertainment of King Charles.
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TO THE EXEQUIES OF THE HONOVRABLE, Sr. Antonye Alexander, KNIGHT, &c.
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Madrigals, etc.
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Commendatory Verses.
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Posthumous Poems. I.
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Posthumous Poems. II.
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Posthumous Poems. III.
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Posthumous Poems. IV.
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Poems of Doubtful Authenticity.

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[ii] [Humane Frailtie.]

A Good that neuer satisfies the Minde,
A Beautie fading like the Aprile flowres,
A Sweete with floodes of Gall that runnes combind,
A Pleasure passing ere in thought made ours,
A Honour that more fickle is than winde,
A Glorie at Opinions frowne that lowres,
A Treasurie which Bankrout Time deuoures,
A Knowledge than graue Ignorance more blind:
A vaine Delight our equalles to command,
A Stile of greatnesse, in effect a Dreame,
A fabulous Thought of holding Sea and Land,
A seruile Lot, deckt with a pompous Name,
Are the strange endes wee toyle for heere below,
Till wisest Death make vs our errores know.
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