Why should I sing in verse, why should I frame

I written find the sentence of my deathIn unkind letters, wrought she cares not how.O thou that rul’st the confines of the night,Laughter-loving Goddess, worldly pleasures’ Queen,Intenerate that heart that sets so lightThe truest love that ever yet was seen.And cause her leave to triumph in this wiseUpon the prostrate spoil of that poor heartThat…

The world had never known what I do find,And clouds obscure had shaded still her brightness.Then had no censor’s eye these lines survey’d,Nor graver brows have judg’d my Muse so vain;No sun my blush and error had bewray’d,Nor yet the world had heard of such disdain.Then had I walk’d with bold erected face;No downcast look…

Where blaze those lights fairest of earthly thingsWhich clear our clouded world with brightest flame.M’ambitious thoughts confined in her faceAffect no honor, but what she can give me;My hopes do rest in limits of her grace;I weigh no comfort unless she relieve me.For she that can my heart imparadizeHolds in her fairest hand what dearest…

And more the fame of his mistaking handThan if he had the tyrant overthrown,So, Delia, hath mine error made me known,And deceiv’d attempt deserv’d more fameThan if I had the victory mine own,And thy hard heart had yielded up the same.And so, likewise, renowned is thy blame,Thy cruelty, thy glory; O strange case,That errors should…

For how could nature ever thus deviseOf earth on earth a substance so divine.Stars sure they are, whose motions rule desires,And calm and tempest follow their aspects;Their sweet appearing still such power inspiresThat makes the world admire so strange effects.Yet whether fixt or wand’ring stars are they,Whose influence rule the Orb of my poor heart;Fixt…

The mounting venture for a high delightDid make the honor of the fall the more.For who gets wealth that puts not from the shore?Danger hath honor, great designs their fame,Glory doth follow, courage goes before.And though th’event oft answers not the same,Suffice that high attempts have never shame.The mean observer (whom base Safety keeps),Lives without…