M e t a p h y s i c a l YRI C S £5 POE M S The Sev enteenth C entu ry o n“; to B U T L S w R Selected and edi ted n ut/7 an E m m , y p ? b y II E R B E RJT J C G R JE R S CWJ O ! F O R D A T T H E C L A RE N D O N P R E S S 621638 2 " " J , m . 33 Ox ord Un i versi t P ress A m en H ou se Lon don E . C . f y , , 4 GLA S GOW NEW YOR K TORONTO ME LB OURN E WE LLINGTON B OMBAY C ALC UTTA MA DRA S KA RA C HI C AP E TOWN I B ADAN C u m b erle e P u b li sher to the Un i versi t g , y F I RS T P UB LI S HE D 1 9 2 1 RE PRI N T E D 1 2 1 2 8 1 6 1 2 2 9 5, 9 , 9 3 , 9 4 , 19 47, 19 50 , 19 5 P RI NT E D I N GR E AT B RI TA I N O T C N E N T S . INTRODUCTION L O V E P O E M S . JOH N DONNE Th atche a falling stau e The Sunne Rising : I do S ong S weetest love, not goe A ire and A ngels The A nniversarie T w i c knam garden The D ream e A Valediction : of weeping The Message A nocturnal] upon S L u cie: day A Valediction : forb i ddm g mourning The Extasie The F u nerall The Blossom e The Relique The Prohib ition The Expiration JOHN HOSKINS A bse nce S IR H ENRY WOTTON Mi tris u een Bob em ia On his s , the Q of AU RE LIA N TOWNSHEND Loves Victory U pon kinde and ti ue Love i nt V Co ents . YLO RD HE RBE RT or C H E RBURY Elegy over 3 Tomb d L An Ode upon a Question move , whether ove should continue for ever ? ! THOM A S CA REW Mediocrity in love rejected To my inconstant Mistris A deposition from love I ngratefu ll beauty threatned Eternity of L ove protested To a Lady that desired I wou ld love her A Song : Ask me no more where Jov e b estow es WI LL IA M HA BINGTON To Roses in the bosome of Castara S IR JOHN SUC KLING Sonnet : Of thee (kind boy) I ask no red and white L . Sonnet : Oh . for some honest overs ghost n M R L y dearest ival , least our ove ’ Song : Out upon it, I have lov d . S I R F RA NC IS KYNASTON t ia To Cy n b . On concealment of her beauty SIDNEY GODOLPH IN 0 Song Noe more unto my thoughts appeare di sdai ne Song : Cloris , it is not thy JOHN C L EV E LA ND Upon P/yil/i: walking in a morning before Sun -rising S I R WI L LIA M DA V ENA NT S ong : The Lark now leaves his watry Nest 0 Song : Before w e shall again behold RIC HA RD C RASHAW 7 Loves Horoscope ' Mi stresse 7 Wishes . To his (supposed) i i Conten tr. v RICHARD LOVE LA C E L acosta G To , oing beyond the Seas L u carta G W arres To , oing to the Gr attana dau nc ing and singing The S c ru tinie A /l b a P To e , From rison H ENRY VAUGHAN To A m oret gone from him JOHN H A LL The Call A n Epicurean Ode THOMAS STANLEY The Repulse To Celia pleading w ant of Merit L a Belle C onfidente The Divorce The Exequies H ENRY KING Sonnet : Tell me no more how fair she i s ABRAHA M C OW LEY The Spring The C hange ANDREW MARVELL To hi s C oy Mistress The Gallery The Fair Singer The Definition of Love C . a The Picture of li ttle T. in Prospect of Flowers KATH E RINE PHILIPS x Lu casia Fr To my E cellent , on our iendship L u earia in To my , defence of declared Friendship Co tentr n . D I V I N E P O E M S . JOHN DONN E Holy Sonnets w orke d ? ou hast made me, And shall thy ecay v a is is my playes last scene, here hea ens ppom t ’ i m a in d At the round earths g corners, blow D o eath be not proud , though s me have called thee What if th is present were the worlds last night ? ’ e rson d God Batter my heart, three p ; for , you h Show me deare C rist, thy spouse , so bright and clear Goodfrida 1 6 1 R y, 3. iding Westward A C I T Hymne to HR S , at the Authors last going into Germ any G D G D s1c knessc Hymne to O my O , in my A Hym n to GOD T HE FA T HER S IR H ENRY WOTTON A Hymn to my GOD in a night of my late Sicknesse IGNOTO A Dialogue betwixt GOD and the Sou l JOHN MI LTON On the Morning of CHRISTS Nativity GE O RGE H E RBE RT Redemption Easter wings A ffliction The C hurch - floore The Windows Vertue Li fe JESU The C ollar Con/en try ix . GE O RGE H E RB E RT A aron Discipline Love F RANC IS Q U A RL ES ? Why do st thou shade thy lovely face ’ Ev n like two little b ank- dividing brookes WILLIA M HA BINGTON Nox naeti i ndicat S cientiam S IDNEY GO DO LPHIN Lord when the wise men came from farr RIC H A RD C RA SHA W To the C ountesse of Denb ig/a H ymn of the Nativity Hymn in A doration of the Blessed Sacrament Saint M ary [ Magdalena or The Weeper Hymn to Saint Teresa H ENRY VA UGHAN Regeneration The Retreate A n d do they so . have they a Sense Man A scension -Hymn A s time one day by me did pass The dw e lhng place The Night The W ater -fall Quickness JOHN H A LL A Pastoral] Hymne EDWA RD SH E RBU RNE E ti an Rom an G The proud gyp Queen , her uest SIR WI LLIA M DA V ENA NT The C hristians reply to the Phylosopher x Cont ents. ANDREW MA RV E L L P AGE A Dialogue between The Resolved Soul and C reated Pleasure The C oronet A Dialogu e between the Soul and Body M I S C E L L A N I E S . l i s E istles Satires and M editati ns E e e o . g , p , , ! JOHN DONNE His Elegie . Picture Mistri s Elegie . On his Satyre A V H W . his To Sir . at going mbassador to enice To the C ountesse of Bedford IGNOTO el u ilded e F arew ye g follies, pl asing troubles YTHOMAS C AREW D P au l: An Elegie upon the death of the eane of , r D . Job n Donne . Mr Geor e Sand : To my worthy friend . g y ria Wentw ortb T/Jom e C om itis Clem /and 1 M a , fil a praem ortu a prima i ' JOHN MILTON ear 1 6 0 On Sb aéei p . 3 JOHN C LEVELAND n onson A n Elegy on Be . J S I R WILLIAM DAVENANT ’ entertain d u To the Queen , at night by the Co ntess Of A nglerey For the Lady Oli v i a P orter 3 Present upon a New y ears Day o i C m m a . x RIC H A RD LOV ELAC E The Grasse- hopper A BRA HA M C OWL EY Ode . Of Wit A gainst Hope RIC HA RD C RA SH A W A nswer for Hope AB RA HAM C OWLEY D Mr Cra oaw‘ On the eath of . t D estinie L Hymn . To ight JOHN HA LL On an Houre - glasse H ENRY KING The Exequy A C ontemplation upon flowers A ND REW MA RVE LL On a Drop of Dew The Garden SAMUEL BUTLE R The Metaphysical Sectarian z xz NOTES INDE! OF FIRST LINES I N T R D T I O O U C N . I [ ME A PHYSICA L P T n L OE RY, i the full sense of the term , is a e Di nna Com edia De Natu ra po try which , like that of the a , the ’ Rer nm h G Fau st r b ilo , per aps oethe s , has been inspi ed y . a__ ph sophical conception of the universe and the role assigned to the - t exi s en e Linman spirit in the great drama of t g . ) These poems r d fin r l we e written because a e ite inte pretation of the ridd e, (15; atoms of Epicurus rushing through infinite empty space , the theology of the schoolmen as elaborated i n the catechetical ’ i .