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The Poetical Works of Sir William Alexander

Earl of Stirling: Edited by L. E. Kastner ... and H. B. Charlton
Stirling, William Alexander (1567 or 8-1640)

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Volume the Second
  
[Like Sophocles (the hearers in a trance)]
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DOOMES-DAY,
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The first Houre.
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The second Houre.
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The third Houre.
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The fourth Houre.
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The fifth Houre.
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The sixth Houre.
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The seventh Houre.
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The eighth Houre.
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The ninth Houre.
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The tenth Houre.
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The eleventh Houre.
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The twelfth Houre.
  
To Prince Charles.
  
A PARÆNESIS TO PRINCE HENRY.
  
JONATHAN:
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Poems suppressed in Recreations with the Muses.
  
[dedication]
  
Sonet 1.
  
Son. 2.
  
Son. 3.
  
Song 1.
  
Son. 4.
  
Son. 5.
  
Son. 6.
  
Son. 7.
  
Son. 8.
  
Son. 9.
  
Elegie 1.
  
Madrig. 1.
  
Sestin. 1.
  
Song 2.
  
Son. 10.
  
Son. 11.
  
Son. 12.
  
Son. 13.
  
Son. 14.
  
Son. 15.
  
Son. 16.
  
Son. 17.
  
Son. 18.
  
Son. 19.
  
Song 3.
  
Son. 20.
  
Son. 21.
  
Son. 22.
  
Son. 23.
  
Son. 24.
  
Son. 25.
  
Son. 26.
  
Son. 27.
  
Son. 28.
  
Son. 29.
  
Son. 30.
  
Elegie 2.
  
Song 4.
  
Son. 31.
  
Son. 32.
  
Son. 33.
  
Son. 34.
  
Sestin. 2.
  
Son. 35.
  
Son. 36.
  
Son. 37.
  
Son. 38.
  
Son. 39.
  
Son. 40.
  
Son. 41.
  
Son. 42.
  
Son. 43.
  
Son. 44.
  
Son. 45.
  
Son. 46.
  
Song 5.
  
Son. 47.
  
Son. 48.
  
Song 6.
  
Son. 49.
  
Son. 50.
  
Son. 51.
  
Son. 52.
  
Son. 53.
  
Son. 54.
  
Son. 55.
  
Son. 56.
  
Son. 57.
  
Son. 58.
  
Son. 59.
  
Son. 60.
  
Son. 61.
  
Son. 62.
  
Son. 63.
  
Son. 64.
  
Song 7.
  
Son. 65.
  
Son. 66.
  
Son. 67.
  
Son. 68.
  
Son. 69.
  
Son. 70.
  
Son. 71.
  
Son. 72.
  
Madr. 2.
  
Son. 73.
  
Son. 74.
  
Son. 75.
  
Son. 76.
  
Son. 77.
  
Son. 78.
  
Madr. 3.
  
Madr. 4.
  
Son. 79.
  
Son. 80.
  
Son. 81.
  
Son. 82.
  
Song 8.
  
Son. 83.
  
Son. 84.
  
Son. 85.
  
Song 9.
  
An Eccho.
  
Son. 86.
  
Son. 87.
  
Son. 88.
  
Son. 89.
  
Son. 90.
  
Son. 91.
  
Son. 92.
  
Son. 93.
  
Son. 94.
  
Son. 95.
  
Son. 96.
  
Son. 97.
  
Son. 98.
  
Son. 99.
  
Son. 100.
  
Son. 101.
  
Elegie 3.
  
Son. 102.
  
Son. 103.
  
Son. 104.
  
Son. 105.
  
Song 10.
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AN ELEGIE ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE HENRIE.
  
To his Majestie.
  
A SHORT VIEW of the state of man.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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I. SOME VERSES Written to his Majestie by the Authour at the time of his Maiesties first entrie into England.
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II. SOME VERSES Written shortly thereafter by reason of an inundation of Douen, a water neere vnto the Authors house, wherevpon his Maiestie was sometimes wont to Hawke.
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III. TO M. MICHAELL DRAYTON.
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IV. To the Author.
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V. TO THE AVTHOR PARTHENIVS.
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VI. Alexis.
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VII. On the Death of Mr. John Murray.
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VIII. A Poem by Sir William Alexander.
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IX.
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X. To his most affectionate friend, W. Lithgow .
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XI. TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND MASTER WALTER QUIN.
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XII. Sonnet. To the Authour.
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XIII. On the Report of the Death of the Author.
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XIV. To his deservedlie honored frend, Mr. Edward Allane, the first founder and Master of the Colleige of Gods Gift.
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Son. 40.

[Thy cruelties (fierce Faire) may be excus'd]

Thy cruelties (fierce Faire) may be excus'd:
For it was I that gaue thy beautie powre,
And taught thee when to smile, and when to lowre,
Which thou hast since still to my ruine vs'd:
As he that others purpos'd was to pine,
And for his brasen Bull a guerdon claim'd,
Was tortur'd first with that which he had fram'd,
And made th'experience of his curst engine:
So in this manner dost thou me torment,
Who told thee first the force of thy disdaines:
But ah, I suffer many greater paines,
Then the Sicilian tyrants could inuent:
And yet this grieues me most that thou disgrac'd,
Art in the rancke with such like tyrants plac'd.
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