Sir Walter Raleigh Live Poems

  • 1.
    Rise, O my soul! with thy desires to heaven,
    And with divinest contemplation use
    Thy time, when time's eternity is given,
    And let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse;
    ...
  • 2.
    Give me my scallop shell of quiet,
    My staff of faith to walk upon,
    My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
    My bottle of salvation,
    ...
  • 3.
    When I am safely laid away,
    Out of work and out of play,
    Sheltered by the kindly ground
    From the world of sight and sound,
    ...
  • 4.
    Rise, O my soul, with thy desires to heaven,
    And with divinest contemplation use
    Thy time, where time's eternity is given ;
    And let vain thoughts no more thy thoughts abuse,
    ...
  • 5.
    If all the world and love were young,
    And truth in every Shepherdâ??s tongue,
    These pretty pleasures might me move,
    To live with thee, and be thy love.
    ...
  • 6.
    Give me my scallop shell of quiet,
    My staff of faith to walk upon,
    My scrip of joy, immortal diet,
    My bottle of salvation,
    ...
  • 7.
    If all the world and love were young,
    And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
    These pretty pleasures might me move
    To live with thee and be thy love.
    ...
  • 8.
    Go, Soul, the body's guest,
    Upon a thankless errand;
    Fear not to touch the best;
    The truth shall be thy warrant:
    ...
  • 9.
    If all the world and love were young,
    And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
    These pretty pleasures might me move
    To live with thee and be thy Love.
    ...
Total 9 Live Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh

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