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The Poetry of George Wither
Edited by Frank Sidgwick
Wither, George (1588-1667)
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VOL. I
II.
VOL. II
FAIRE-VIRTUE, THE MISTRESSE OF PHIL'ARETE.
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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The Poetry of George Wither
Thus
sang the nymph, so rarely well inspired,
That all the hearers her brave strains admired.
And as I heard by some that there attended,
When this her song was finished, all was ended.
The Poetry of George Wither