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The Shorter Poems of Ralph Knevet

A Critical Edition by Amy M. Charles

Knevet, Ralph (1600-1671)

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ΣΤΡΑΤΙΩΤΙΚΟΝ.

RHODON AND IRIS.

[1] To the right Worshipfull, Mr. NICHOLAS BACON of Gillingham, Esquire.

[2] To his much respected friends, the Society of Florists.

[3] To the Booke and his worthy friend the AUTHOR.

[4] To his friend the Author.

[5] To his friend the Author.

RHODON AND IRIS

FUNERALL ELEGIES;

A GALLERY TO THE TEMPLE.

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[31] To Mr. BARTHOLOMEW COTTON.

And here too growes a Tree, that may in time
Beare golden Apples, in a colder clime
Then is Hesperia in; for so presage
Thy blossoms (Cotton) and thy spring of age.

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Then let kind fortune give thy worth full sayles,
Till Honour greete thee with as many hayles,
As ere Sejanus had: and let thy name
Become th' example of well gotten fame.