Selected Poetry
Selected Poetry
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Where thou wast hatch'd by shame and beggary, And perchest in th ■ learn'd and noble breast? Nobles of thee their courtship learn ; of thee Arts learn new art their learning to adorn : — Ah wretched minds ! — He is not nobly born. Nor learn'd, that doth not thy ignoble learning scorn.
Close to him Pleasing went, with painted face. And Honour, by some hidden cunning made ; Not Honour's self but Honour's semblance base, For soon it vanish'd like an empty shade: Behind, his parents duly him attend... ; With them he forced is his age to spend : Shame his beginning was, and shame must be his end 31 Phineas Fletcher Knowledge The first in order — nor in worth the last — Is Knowledge, drawn from peace and Muses' spring ; Where shaded in fair Sinai's groves, his taste He feasts with words and works of heavenly King ; But now to bloody field is fully bent : Yet still he seem'd to study as he went : His arms cut all in books ; strong shield slight papers lent.
His glittering armour shin'd like burning day, Garnish'd with golden suns, and radiant flowers ; Which turn their bending heads to Phcebus' ray, And when he falls, shut up their leafy bowers : Upon his shield the silver moon did bend Her hornM bow, and round her arrows spend : His word in silver wrote, / borrow what I lend.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Where thou wast hatch'd by shame and beggary, And perchest in th ■ learn'd and noble breast? Nobles of thee their courtship learn ; of thee Arts learn new art their learning to adorn : — Ah wretched minds ! — He is not nobly born. Nor learn'd, that doth not thy ignoble learning scorn.
Close to him Pleasing went, with painted face. And Honour, by some hidden cunning made ; Not Honour's self but Honour's semblance base, For soon it vanish'd like an empty shade: Behind, his parents duly him attend... ; With them he forced is his age to spend : Shame his beginning was, and shame must be his end 31 Phineas Fletcher Knowledge The first in order — nor in worth the last — Is Knowledge, drawn from peace and Muses' spring ; Where shaded in fair Sinai's groves, his taste He feasts with words and works of heavenly King ; But now to bloody field is fully bent : Yet still he seem'd to study as he went : His arms cut all in books ; strong shield slight papers lent.
His glittering armour shin'd like burning day, Garnish'd with golden suns, and radiant flowers ; Which turn their bending heads to Phcebus' ray, And when he falls, shut up their leafy bowers : Upon his shield the silver moon did bend Her hornM bow, and round her arrows spend : His word in silver wrote, / borrow what I lend.
What to read after Selected Poetry?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Phineas Fletcher to read onlineMoreLess
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