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The Works of Michael Drayton

Edited by J. William Hebel
Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

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VOLUME I
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THE HARMONIE of the Church.
  
[dedication]
  
THE MOST NOTABLE SONG OF MOSES,
  
A SONG OF MOSES AND THE ISRAELITES, FOR THEIR DELIVERANCE OUT OF EGYPT.
  
THE MOST EXCELLENT SONG WHICH WAS SALOMONS,
  
THE SONG OF ANNAH, for the bringing foorth of Samuel her sonne.
  
THE SONG OF JONAH IN THE WHALES BELLIE.
  
THE PRAIER OF JEREMIAH, bewailing the captivitie of the people.
  
THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARACKE.
  
AN OTHER SONG OF THE FAITHFULL, FOR THE MERCIES OF GOD.
  
A SONG OF THE FAITHFULL.
  
A SONG OF THANKES TO GOD, in that hee sheweth himselfe Judge of the world, in punishing the wicked, and maintaining the godlie.
  
AN OTHER SONG OF THE FAITHFULL, wherein is declared in what consisteth the salvation of the Church.
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HEREAFTER FOLLOWE CERTAIN OTHER SONGS AND PRAIERS of godly men and women, out of the Bookes of Apocripha.
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IDEA THE SHEPHEARDS GARLAND, Fashioned in nine Eglogs.
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IDEAS MIRROVR.
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ENDIMION and Phœbe. IDEAS LATMVS.
  
Peirs Gaueston EARLE OF CORNWALL.
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MATILDA. The faire and chaste Daughter of the Lord Robert Fitzwater.
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THE Tragicall Legend of Robert, Duke of Normandy, surnamed Short-thigh, eldest sonne to William Conqueror.
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Mortimeriados. THE LAMENTABLE ciuell warres of Edward the second and the Barrons.
  
TO THE MAIESTIE OF KING JAMES.
  
A PÆAN TRIVMPHALL.
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[SONNETS NOT PRINTED IN IDEAS MIRROUR, 1594, OR IN IDEA, 1619]
  
To the high and mighty Prince, James, King of Scots. Sonnet. 62.
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[ODES NOT REPRINTED IN 1619 From Poemes Lyrick and pastorall (1606).]
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[UNCOLLECTED POEMS]
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VOLUME II
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VOLUME III
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VOLUME IV

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AMOUR. 15.

Now Love, if thou wilt prove a Conqueror,
Subdue thys Tyrant ever martyring mee,
And but appoint me for her Tormentor,
Then for a Monarch will I honour thee.
My hart shall be the prison for my fayre,
Ile fetter her in chaines of purest love,
My sighes shall stop the passage of the ayre:
This punishment the pittilesse may move.
With teares out of the Channels of mine eyes,
She'st quench her thirst as duly as they fall:
Kinde words unkindest meate I can devise,
My sweet, my faire, my good, my best of all.
Ile binde her then with my torne-tressed haire,
And racke her with a thousand holy wishes,
Then on a place prepared for her there,
Ile execute her with a thousand kisses.
Thus will I crucifie my cruell shee,
Thus Ile plague her which so hath plagued mee.
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