Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden

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Title
Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden
Author
Drummond, William, 1585-1649.
Publication
London :: Printed for Richard Tomlins ...,
1656.
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Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649 -- Poetry.
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"Poems, by that most famous wit, William Drummond of Hawthornden." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36573.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.

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To His Sacred Majesty.

IF in this Storme of joy and pompous Throng, This Nymph (great King) doth come to Thee so neare That thy harmonious Eares Her accents heare, Give Pardon to Her hoarse and lowly Song: Faine would shee Trophees to Thy Vertues reare; But for this stately taske She is not strong, And her Defects Her high Attempts do wrong, Yet as she could She makes thy Worth appeare. So in a Map is shown this flowry Place; So wrought in Arras by a Virgins Hand With Heaven and blazing Stars doth Atlas stand, So drawn by Char-coale is Narcissus Face: She like the Morn may be to some bright Sun, The Day to perfect that's by her begun.
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