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The English and Latin Poems of Sir Robert Ayton

Edited by Charles B. Gullans
Ayton, Robert (1570-1638)

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THE ENGLISH POEMS
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1. Loues Lament
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2. Ane Dyor
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2a.
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3. Craiges passionado
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4.
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5. Ane dyor
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6.
 6a. 
6a.
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7.
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8. [A Posy]
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9. Wpon the possie of her woope and his
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10. [A Declaration]
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11. [A Protestation]
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12. [An Exhortation]
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13. [Amintas]
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14. [Cloris and Amintas]
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15. [Sonnet: On Hope]
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16. [To Mrs Margaret Lesly Thereafter Lady of Madertie]
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17. [Sonnet: Love's Provocation]
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18. A Sonnet Left in A Gentlewoman's Looking Glasse
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19. [Sonnet: The Power of Love]
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20. [Sonnet: The Second Scene of Baptista Guarini his Pastor Fido, Paraphrased]
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21. [Sonnet: De Porcheres On the Eies of Madame la Marquise de Monceaux, englished]
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22. [Sonnet: Farewell to Life and Love]
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23. [Sonnet: On Loss]
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24. [Sonnet: On the River Tweed]
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25. To Queen Anne upone New-year's-day 1604
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26. To the Author of the Monarchicke Tragedies
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27. To the Author [of The Poeticall Essayes, Alexander Craig]
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28. To the most worshipfull and worthy Knight, Sir Iames Hay, Gentleman of his Maiesties Bedchamber
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29. Vpon the: 5: th of November
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30. To King James
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31. [Vpone King James]
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32. [On Devotion]
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33. [Wpone Tabacco]
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34. TO HIS DEAR FRIEND, AND fellow student Mr. Robert AEton
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34. AETHON
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35. To his coy Mistres
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36. [A Song]
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37. [A Valediction]
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38. [The Sheppherd Thirsis]
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39. [An Epigram]
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40. [A Song]
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41. Vpon a Diamond cutt in forme of an hart sett with a Crowne above and a bloody dart peirceing it sent in a Newyeares gift
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42. [Vpone a Gentlewoman That painted]
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43. Vpon Love
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44. [On Love]
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45. [A Songe: On his Mistresse]
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46. [A Song]
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47. [The Rejection]
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48. [Vpon his unconstant Mistress]
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49. [Constancy: A Song]
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50. [Neglect of Love]
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51. The Answer, by the Author [at the King's Majesty's Command]
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52. Vpon Mr Thomas Murrays fall
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53. Vpon Prince Henry his death to Prince Charles
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54. On ye Princes death, to ye King
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55. Vpon Platonick Love: To Mistress Cicely Crofts, Maide of Honor
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56. [A Song]
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DOUBTFUL POEMS
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57. [To his Forsaken Mistresse]
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58. A Song
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59. Old-Long-syne,
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60. [Scorn of Love's Power]

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21. [Sonnet: De Porcheres On the Eies of Madame la Marquise de Monceaux, englished]

Were those thine Eyes or Lightnings from above
Whose glorious glimpses dazled soe my sight?
I tooke them to be lightnings sent from Iove
To threaten that his thunderbolt would light.
Yet Lightnings could not be soe long soe bright,
They rather seem'd to be some sunns, whose rayes,
Promoved to the Meridian of there hight,
Did change my noisome nights in Ioyfull dayes.
Yet even in that there Number them betrayes,
Sunns were they not, the world indures but one,
There force, their figure, and their Coulor sayes
That they were heavens, yet heavens on Earth are none.
What ere they were, my sight noe odds espyes
Twix't heavens, Twix't sunns, twixt lightnings & thine eyes.
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