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Famous Thereabouts Poems by Famous Poets

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by Sidney, Sir Philip
...purling spring
Which from the ribs of old Parnassus flowes,
And euery flower, not sweet perhaps, which growes
Neere thereabouts, into your poesie wring;
Ye that do dictionaries methode bring
Into your rimes, running in rattling rowes;
You that poore Petrarchs long deceased woes
With new-borne sighes and denisen'd wit do sing;
You take wrong wayes; those far-fet helps be such
As do bewray a want of inward tuch,
And sure, at length stol'n goods doe come to light:
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by Sidney, Sir Philip
...every purling spring
Which from the ribs of old Parnassus flows,
And every flower, not sweet perhaps, which grows
Near thereabouts, into your poesy wring;
Ye that do dictionary's method bring
Into your rimes, running in rattling rows;
You that poor Petrarch's long-deceased woes
With new-born sighs and denizen'd wit do sing:
You take wrong ways; those far-fet helps be such
As do bewray a want of inward touch,
And sure, at length stol'n goods do come to light.
But if, both...Read more of this...

by Sidney, Sir Philip
...ry purling spring, 
Which from the ribs of old Parnassus flows, 
And every flower, not sweet perhaps, which grows 
Near thereabouts, into your poesy wring; 

You that do dictionary's method bring 
Into your rimes, running in rattling rows; 
You that poor Petrarch's long-deceased woes, 
With new-born sighs and denizen'd wit do sing, 

You take wrong ways: those far-fet helps be such 
As do bewray a want of inward touch: 
And sure at length stol'n goods do come to light. 

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by Morris, William
...h! qu'elle est belle la Marguerite.

If I were rich I would kiss her feet, 
And the golden girdle of my sweet, 
And thereabouts where the gold hems meet;
Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite.

Yet even now it is good to think,
While my few poor varlets grumble and drink
In my desolate hall, where the fires sink,--
Ah! qu'elle est belle La Marguerite,--

Of Margaret sitting glorious there, 
In glory of gold and glory of hair, 
And glory of glorious face most fair;
Ah! q...Read more of this...

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