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The Works of William Fowler

Secretary to Queen Anne, Wife of James VI. Edited with introduction, appendix, notes and glossary by Henry W. Meikle
Fowler, William (1560?-1612)

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POEMS FROM PRINTED TEXTS
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THE TRIVMPHS OF PETRARKE
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THE TARANTULA OF LOUE
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[A SONNET-SEQUENCE]
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OF DEATH
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MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS
 I. 
I [Quhat euill presage is this that I behold?]
 II. 
II. ANSUER.
 III. 
III. [My winding scheits my steidfast love sal end.]
 IV. 
IV. [Though Iustlye thou in Iustice may afflict.]
 V. 
V. [Fairwell! fair saint, may not the seas nor vinds.]
 VI. 
VI. [In by way roadds I ran a restles race.]
 VII. 
VII. [Can eagells birdis flie lower then thair kynd.]
 VIIIa. 
VIII(a). O fatall death, that wnexspected came.
 VIIIb. 
VIII(b). O fatell death, that wnexspected came.
 IX. 
IX. TO THE ERLE OF CAITHNES.
 X. 
X. TO THE R. HONOBL SIR IOHNE COLVILL.
 XI. 
XI. ana. g: I FEAR NOT LOUE: Janett: Foullar.
 XII. 
XII. SONETT TO THE CONTESS OF ERROLL.
 XIII. 
XIII. UPPON A HOROLOGE OF THE CLOCK AT SIR GEORGE MOORE'S, AT HIS PLACE OF LOSELEY, 1603.
 XIV. 
XIV. TO THE MOST VERTEOUS AND TREULYE HONORABLE LADYE, LADYE ARBELLA STEWART.
 XV. 
XV. TO MY LADY ARBELLA.
 XVI. 
XVI. DEDICATION.
 XVII. 
XVII. VPON MY LORD MORDENT HOROLOGE.
 XVIII. 
XVIII. TO SIR EDUARD DYMOK.
 XIX. 
XIX. Sonetto sopra la Morte Dl Antonio Dargasso philosopho, platonico, philologo, phisiognomo, astrologo et theologo, Monacho Dominicano. a la Macoronesca. obiit Lond. 10 May 1605.
 XX. 
XX. SONETTE PEDANTESQUE.
 XXI. 
XXI. Σοραισμος ceu coaceruatio et Miscella quædam de diuersis ac variis idiomatibus.
 XXII. 
XXII. MEDITATION VPON VIRGIN MARYES HATT.
 XXIII. 
XXIII. AETNA.
 XXIV. 
XXIV. [QUHILS AS THE SUN IS IN AQUARIUS.]
 XXVa. 
XXV(a). 2 Jun. 1610. Houers suiftlye Comes, yea, dayes with thame draues yeares
 XXVb. 
XXV(b) 2 Iunii. 1610. Houers comes apace, and dayes with thame draues yeares
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CERTAINE PSALMES MEDITATED BE THEODORE BEZA
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THE PEST
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OF DOUBTFUL AUTHENTICITY
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POEMS ADDRESSED TO THE AUTHOR.

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V. [Fairwell! fair saint, may not the seas nor vinds.]

Fairwell! fair saint, may not the seas nor vinds
Swell lyk the hairts and eyeis yow leave behind,
bot calme and gentle lyk the lookes yow beare,
Smylle in yovr face and whisper in yovr eare:
Lett no bold billow ofer to aryse
That it may neirer look vpon hir eyeis,
Lest vind and vave, enamord of hir forme,
may thronge and crovd themselves into a storme.
bot if it be yovr fate wast seas to love,
of my becalmed breast learne how to move:
Move then bot in a gentle lovers pace,
No Wrinkles nor no furrowes in yovr face.
And yow, feirce vinds, sie that yow tell yovr taille
In such a breath as may bot fill hir saill:
That whilst yow both doe covrt your severall waye
yow may hir saiflie to hir port convey,
And loosse hir in a noble waye of woving,
whilst both contributes to yovr owne vndoing.
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