Sonet 1

The worlds faire Rose, and _Henries_ frosty fire,

Iohns tyrannie; and chast _Matilda's_ wrong,

Th'inraged Queene, and furious _Mortimer_,

The scourge of Fraunce, and his chast loue I song;

Deposed _Richard_, _Isabell_ exil'd,

The gallant _Tudor_, and fayre _Katherine_,

Duke _Humfrey_, and old _Cobhams_ haplesse child,

Couragious _Pole_, and that braue spiritfull Queene;

_Edward_, and that delicious London Dame,

_Brandon_, and that rich dowager of Fraunce,

_Surrey_, with his fayre paragon of fame,

_Dudleys_ mishap, and vertuous _Grays_ mischance;

Their seuerall loues since I before haue showne,

Now giue me leaue at last to sing mine owne.

Minor Poems of Michael Drayton · 第 77 / 239 题