James Shirley Heart Poems

  • 1.
    This Garden does not take my eyes,
    Though here you show how art of men
    Can purchase Nature at a price
    Would stock old Paradise again.
    ...
  • 2.
    Victorious men of earth, no more
    Proclaim how wide your empires are;
    Though you bind in every shore
    And your triumphs reach as far
    ...
  • 3.
    I stood and saw my Mistress dance,
    Silent, and with so fixed an eye,
    Some might suppose me in a trance:
    But being asked why,
    ...
  • 4.
    In Love's name you are charged hereby
    To make a speedy hue and cry,
    After a face, who t'other day,
    Came and stole my heart away;
    ...
  • 5.
    Victorious men of earth, no more
    Proclaim how wide your empires are;
    Though you bind-in every shore
    And your triumphs reach as far
    ...
Total 5 Heart Poems by James Shirley

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