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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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VII. [Can eagells birdis flie lower then thair kynd.]

Can eagells birdis flie lower then thair kynd,
or can ambition stowpe to servill gaine?
can frie born briestis be forcit against thair mynd
To put the mask of loue wpon disdain?
can loue be cost? can averice constraine
grit cupid do homadge wnto gowld?
or can his wing or can his flames remaine
To wishe such wishes as the worldlingis wold?
no! no! my faitis are in the heavins Inroled;
mens laws may force my lyfe bot not my loue,
men may my eyes bot not my heart be hold,
my looks ar his, my thoghts my owin selfe prove:
yit or I chandge, by hevins, I vow to leave
ane Ioyles bed and chose ane Ioyfull grave.
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