Poet Sir William Davenant

Sir William Davenant

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Sir William Davenant Beauty Poems

  • 1.
    Lover. Your beauty, ripe and calm and fresh
    As eastern summers are,
    Must now, forsaking time and flesh,
    Add light to some small star.
    ...
  • 2.
    The lark now leaves his wat'ry nest,
    And climbing shakes his dewy wings.
    He takes this window for the East,
    And to implore your light he sings-
    ...
Total 2 Beauty Poems by Sir William Davenant

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Light 2 Beauty 2 Star 2 Wise 2 Relief 1 Time 1 Sorrow 1 Love 1 Death 1 Discord 1

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