The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2.Davies, John, Sir
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The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2.
Davies, John, Sir
Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
O that I might that singing Swallow heare,
To whom I owe my seruice and my loue!
His sugred tunes would so enchant mine eare,
And in my mind such sacred fury moue,
As I should knock at Heau'ns gate aboue,
With my proude rimes, while of this heau'nly state
I doe aspire the shadow to relate.[267]
[Footnote 267: Collier gives _supra_ in his 'Bibliographical Account of
Early English Literature,' _s.n._]
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EARLY ENGLISH POETS
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I. FLETCHER'S (GILES B. D.) COMPLETE POEMS,
Christ's Victorie in Heaven, Christ's Victorie on Earth,
Christ's Triumph over Death, and Minor Poems, with
Memorial-Introduction and Notes.
II. DAVIES' (SIR JOHN) COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS, including Psalms I. to L. in Verse, and other
hitherto unpublished MSS., for the first time collected
and edited, with Memorial-Introduction and Notes, 2
volumes.
III. HERRICK'S (ROBERT) HESPERIDES, NOBLE
NUMBERS, and complete Collected Poems, with
Notes, Introductory Memoir, and facsimile Portrait,
Index of First Lines and Glossary, 3 volumes. [_In the
press._
IV. SIDNEY'S (SIR PHILIP) COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS, including the Songs and Sonnets,
Astrophel and Stella, the May Lady, &c., &c., with
Memorial-Introduction and copious notes. [_In preparation._
V. DONNE'S (JOHN) COMPLETE POETICAL
WORKS, including the Poems on Several Occasions,
the Satyrs, Polydoran, &c., &c., with Introductory Memoir
and copious Explanatory Notes. [_In preparation._
Other volumes are in active preparation.
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Volume 1 of 2., by John Davies
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