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The Poetry of George Wither

Edited by Frank Sidgwick
Wither, George (1588-1667)

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VOL. I
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THE SHEPHERD'S HUNTING
  
[dedication]
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THE FIRST ECLOGUE. Willy leaves his flock awhile
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THE SECOND ECLOGUE. Cuddy here relates
  
The Argument.
  
SONG.
  
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THE THIRD ECLOGUE. Philaret with his three friends
  
The Argument.
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THE FOURTH ECLOGUE. Philaret on Willy calls
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THE FIFTH ECLOGUE. Philaret Alexis moves
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Fidelia
  
An Elegiacal Epistle of FIDELIA to her unconstant friend.
  
THE AUTHOR'S RESOLUTION IN A SONNET.
  
INTER EQUITAND: PALINOD
  
SONNET.
  
MASTER JOHNSON'S ANSWER TO MASTER WITHERS.
  
A LOVE SONNET.
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EPITHALAMIA: OR NVPTIALL POEMS
  
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EPITHALAMION.
  
EPITHALAMION.
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CERTAIN EPIGRAMS CONCERNING MARRIAGE.
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Epigram 1.
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Epigram 2.
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Epigram 3.
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Epigram 4.
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Epigram 5.
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Epigram 6.
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Epigram 7.
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VOL. II
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FAIRE-VIRTUE, THE MISTRESSE OF PHIL'ARETE.
  
PHILARETE TO HIS MISTRESS.
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FAIR VIRTUE OR THE MISTRESS OF PHILARETE.
  
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SONNET I.
  
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SONNET 2.
  
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THE NYMPH'S SONG.
  
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A Postscript
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A Miscellany of Epigrams, Sonnets, Epitaphs, and such other Verses as were found written with the Poem aforegoing.
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1. OF THE INVENTION OF THE NINE MUSES.
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2. OF THE LABOURS OF HERCULES.
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3. BEING LEFT BY A GENTLEMAN IN HIS DINING-ROOM, WHERE WAS NOTHING BUT A MAP OF ENGLAND TO ENTERTAIN HIM, HE THUS TURNED IT INTO VERSE.
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4. AN EPITAPH UPON THE RIGHT VIRTUOUS LADY, THE LADY SCOTT.
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5. AN EPITAPH UPON A WOMAN AND HER CHILD, BURIED TOGETHER IN THE SAME GRAVE.
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6. A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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7. AN EPITAPH UPON THE PORTER OF A PRISON.
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8. A SONNET UPON A STOLEN KISS.
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9. AN EPITAPH UPON ABRAM GOODFELLOW, A COMMON ALEHOUSE-HUNTER.
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10. AN EPITAPH UPON A GENTLEWOMAN WHO HAD FORETOLD THE TIME OF HER DEATH.
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11. AN EPITAPH ON A CHILD, SON TO SIR W. H. KNIGHT.
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12. A SONG.
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13. A DREAM.
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14. CERTAIN VERSES WRITTEN TO HIS LOVING FRIEND, UPON HIS DEPARTURE.

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Epigram 6.

Long did I wonder, and I wonder much,
Rome's Church should from her clergy take that due:
Thought I, why should she that contentment grutch?
What, doth she all with continence endue?
No; but why then are they debarr'd that state?
Is she become a foe unto her own?
Doth she the members of her body hate,
Or is it for some other cause unshown?
Oh yes, they find a woman's lips so dainty,
They tie themselves from one 'cause they'll have twenty.
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