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Raleigh, Walter (1552?-1618)

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I.

PART I. THE POEMS OF SIR WALTER RALEIGH

I.

I. WALTER RAWELY OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE

II.

II. THE EXCUSE.

III.

III. AN EPITAPH

IV.

IV. A VISION UPON THIS CONCEIT OF THE FAIRY QUEEN.

V.

V. ANOTHER OF THE SAME.

VI.

VI. REPLY TO MARLOWE.

VII.

VII. LIKE HERMIT POOR.

VIII.

VIII. FAREWELL TO THE COURT.

IX.

IX. THE ADVICE.

X.

X. IN THE GRACE OF WIT, OF TONGUE, AND FACE.

XI.

XI. FAIN WOULD I, BUT I DARE NOT.

XII.

XII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH TO HIS SON.

XIII.

XIII. ON THE CARDS AND DICE.

XIV.

XIV. THE SILENT LOVER.

XV.

XV. A POESY TO PROVE AFFECTION IS NOT LOVE.

XVI.

XVII.

XVII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S PILGRIMAGE.

XVIII.

XIX.

XIX. TO THE TRANSLATOR OF LUCAN.

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XX.

XX. CONTINUATION OF THE LOST POEM, CYNTHIA

I.

II.

III.

III. THE 21ST AND LAST BOOK OF THE OCEAN, TO CYNTHIA.

XXI.

XXI. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S PETITION TO THE QUEEN

XXII.

XXII. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S VERSES,

XXIII. FRAGMENTS AND EPIGRAMS.

XXIV. METRICAL TRANSLATIONS

XXV.

XXV. NO PLEASURE WITHOUT PAIN.

XXVI.

XXVI. THE SHEPHERD'S PRAISE OF HIS SACRED DIANA.

XXVII.

XXVII. THE SHEPHERD'S DESCRIPTION OF LOVE.

XXVIII.

XXVIII. AS YOU CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND.

XXIX.

XXIX. A POEM BY SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

XXX.

XXX. TO HIS SINGULAR FRIEND, WILLIAM LITHGOW.

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VI. BOOK I. CH. II. § 1.

[More holy than the rest, and understanding more]

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Ovid, Metam. i. 76–8.

More holy than the rest, and understanding more,
A living creature wants, to rule all made before;
So man began to be.