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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)

I.

Volume the First

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II.

Volume the Second

FLOWRES OF SION:

A CYPRESSE GROVE:

The Entertainment of King Charles.

TO THE EXEQUIES OF THE HONOVRABLE, Sr. Antonye Alexander, KNIGHT, &c.

Madrigals, etc.

Commendatory Verses.

I.

Posthumous Poems. I.

ii.

Posthumous Poems. II.

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III.

Posthumous Poems. III.

i.

i. D. A. Johnstones Eden-Bourgh.

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ii.

ii. To the honorable Author, S[ir] J[ohn] Sk[ene].

iii.

iv.

v.

vi.

vi. Sonnet before a poëme of Irene.

vii.

vii.

viii, ix.

viii, ix Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.

x.

x. Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.

xi.

xi. Sonnet qu'un poet[e] Italien fit pour vn bracelet de cheveux qui lui auoit estè donnè par sa maistresse.

xii, xiii.

xii, xiii. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.

xiv.

xiv. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.

xv.

xv. Bembo in his Rime. 2 Son.

iv.

Posthumous Poems. IV.

Poems of Doubtful Authenticity.

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vii.

[I feare to me such fortune be assignd]

I feare to me such fortune be assignd
As was to thee, who did so well deserue,
Braue Hakerstowne, euen suffred here to sterue
Amidst basse minded freinds, nor true, nor kind.
Why were the fates and furies thus combind,
Such worths for such disasters to reserue?
Yet all those euills neuer made the suerue
From what became a well resolued mind;
For swelling Greatnesse neuer made the smyle,
Dispising Greatnesse in extreames of want;
O happy thrice whom no distresse could dant!
Yet thou exclaimed, ô Time! ô Age! ô Isle!
Where flatterers, fooles, baudes, fidlers, are rewarded,
Whilst Vertue sterues vnpittied, vnregarded.