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Michael Drayton COPYRIGHT NOTE The Life and Poetry of Michael Drayton BRIEF INTRODUCTION: MICHAEL DRAYTON The Poetry Collections THE HARMONY OF THE CHURCH

CONTENTS PREFACE. THE HARMONIE OF THE CHURCH. TO THE GODLY AND VERTUOUS LADY, THE LADY JANE DEUOREUX, OF MERIUALE. TO THE CURTEOUS READER. THE SPIRITUALLL SONGES AND HOLY HYMNES CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK. OTHER SONGES AND PRAIERS OUT OF THE BOOKES OF APOCRIPHA. THE MOST NOTABLE SONG OF MOSES, CONTAINING GODS BENEFITES TO HIS PEOPLE, WHICH HE TAUGHT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAELL A LITLE BEFORE HIS DEATH, AND COMMANDED THEM TO LEARNE IT, AND TEACH IT VNTO THEIR CHILDREN, AS A WITNESSE BETWEENE GOD AND THEM. A SONG OF MOSES AND THE ISRAELITES FOR THEIR DELIUERANCE OUT OF EGYPT. THE MOST EXCELLENT SONG, WHICH WAS SALOMONS CHAP. I THE SECOND CHAPTER. THE THIRD CHAPTER. THE FOURTH CHAPTER. THE FIFT CHAPTER. THE SIXT CHAPTER. THE SEUENTH CHAPTER. THE EIGHT CHAPTER. THE SONG OF ANNAH FOR THE BRINGING FOORTH OF SAMUEL HER SONNE. THE SONG OF IONAH IN THE WHALES BELLIE. THE PRAIER OF IEREMIAH, BEWAILING THE CAPTIUITIE OF THE PEOPLE. THE SONG OF DEBORAH AND BARACKE. ANOTHER SONG OF THE FAITHFULL FOR THE MERCIES OF GOD. A SONG OF THE FAITHFULL. A SONG OF THANKES TO GOD ANOTHER SONG OF THE FAITHFULL, WHEREIN IS DECLARED IN WHAT CONSISTETH THE SALUATION OF THE CHURCH. THE PRAIER OF IUDITH FOR THE DELIUERANCE OF THE PEOPLE. THE SONG OF IUDITH, HAUING SLAINE HOLOPHERNES. A PRAIER OF THE AUTHOUR. THE PRAIER OF SALOMON. A SONG OF IHESUS THE SONNE OF SIRACH. THE PRAIER OF HESTER FOR THE DELIUERANCE OF HER AND HER PEOPLE. THE PRAIER OF MARDOCHEUS. A PRAIER IN THE PERSON OF THE FAITHFULL. A PRAIER OF TOBIAS, EXHORTING ALL MEN TO PRAISE THE LORD

IDEA, THE SHEPHERD’S GARLAND

CONTENTS THE FIRST EGLOG. THE SECOND EGLOG. THE THIRD EGLOG. THE FOVRTH EGLOG. THE FIFTH EGLOG. THE SIXT EGLOG. THE SEVENTH EGLOG. THE EIGHTH EGLOG. THE NINTH EGLOG.

THE LEGEND OF PIERS GAVESTON

PEIRS GAVESTON.

IDEA’S MIRROR

CONTENTS To the deere Chyld of the Muses, and his euer kind Mecaenas, Ma. Anthony Cooke, Esquire. Amour 1. Amour 2. Amour 3. Amour 4. Amour 5. Amour 6. Amour 7. Amour 8. Amour 9. Amour 10. Amour 11. Amour 12. Amour 13. Amour 14. Amour 15. Amour 16. Amour 17. Amour 18. Amour 19. Amour 20. Amour 21. Amour 22. Amour 23 Amour 24. Amour 25. Amour 26. Amour 27 Amour 28. Amour 29. Amour 30. Amour 31. Amour 32. Amour 33. Amour 34. Amour 35. Amour 36. Amour 37. Amour 38. Amour 39. Amour 40. Amour 41. Amour 42 Amour 43. Amour 44. Amour 45 Amour 46. Amour 47. Amour 48. Amour 49. Amour 50. Amour 51. THE EIGHTH EGLOG. THE NINTH EGLOG.

MATILDA

CONTENTS THE VISION OF MATILDA. TO M. DRAYTON. MATILDA.

ENDIMION AND PHOEBE

ENDIMION & PHOEBE

MORTIMERIADOS

CONTENTS MORTIMERIADOS. TO THE EXCELLENT AND MOST ACCOMPLISH’D LADIE, LUCIE COUNTESSE OF BEDFORD. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LADY, LUCIE COUNTESSE OF BEDFORD. MORTIMERIADOS.

THE LEGEND OF ROBERT, DUKE OF NORMANDY

CONTENTS TO THE VERTUOUS LADY, THE LADY ANNE HARRINGTON: WISE TO THE HONORABLE GENTLEMAN, SIR IOHN HARRINGTON, KNIGHT. THE ARGUMENT OF ROBERT DUKE OF NORMANDIE. THE TRAGICALL LEGEND OF ROBERT DUKE OF NORMANDIE.

ENGLAND’S HEROICAL EPISTLES

CONTENTS To the Reader. To M. Michaell Drayton. To M. Michaell Drayton. To M. Michaell Drayton. To the excellent Lady Lucie, Countesse of Bedford. The Epistle of Rosamond to King Henrie the second. Henry to Rosamond. King Iohn to Matilda. Matilda to King Iohn. To the vertuous Lady, the Lady Anne Harrington: wife to the honourable Gentleman, Sir Iohn Harrington Knight. Queene Isabell to Mortimer. Mortimer to Queene Isabell. To my worthy and honoured friend, Maister Walter Aston. Edward the blacke Prince to Alice Countesse of Salisburie. Alice Countesse of Salisburie, to the blacke Prince. To the Right Honourable and my very good Lord, Edward Earle of Bedford. Queene Isabell to Richard the second. Richard the second to Queene Isabell. Queene Katherine to Owen Tudor. Owen Tudor to Queene Katherine. To my worthy and deerely esteemed Friend, Maister Iames Huish. Elinor Cobham to Duke Humfrey. Duke Humfrey to Elinor Cobham. To my honoured Mistres, Mistres Elizabeth Tanfelde, the sole daughter and heyre of that famous and learned Lawyer, Lawrence Tanfelde Esquire. William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolke, to Queene Margaret. Queene Margaret to William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolke. To the Right Worshipfull Sir Thomas Munson, Knight. Edward the fourth to Shores wife. The Epistle of Shores wife to King Edward the fourth. To the Right Worshipfull Sir Henry Goodere of Powlesworth Knight. Mary the French Queene, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolke. Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, to Mary the French Queene. To my most deere friend Maister Henry Lucas, sonne to Edward Lucas Esquire. Henry Howard Earle of Surrey to Geraldine. Geraldine to Henry Howard Earle of Surrey. To the vertuous Ladie, the Lady Frauncis Goodere, wife to Sir Henry Goodere, Knight. The Ladie Iane Gray to the Lord Gilford Dudley. The Lord Gilford Dudley, to the Lady Iane Gray.

THE BARONS’ WARS IN THE REIGN OF EDWARD II

CONTENTS TO SIR WALTER ASTON, KNIGHT OF THE HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, AND MY MOST WORTHY PATRON. TO THE READER. TO M. MICHAELL DRAYTON. TO M. MICHAELL DRAYTON. THE FIRST BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES. THE SECOND BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES. THE THIRD BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES. THE FOURTH BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES. THE FIFTH BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES. THE SIXTH BOOKE OF THE BARRONS WARRES.

TO THE MAIESTIE OF KING JAMES

TO THE MAIESTIE OF KING IAMES.

THE OWL

THE OWLE

A PAEAN TRIUMPHALL

A PAEAN TRIUMPHALL.

THE MAN IN THE MOON

BALLAD OF AGINCOURT

THE BALLAD OF AGINCOURT

POLY-OLBION

CONTENTS POLY-OLBION: VPON THE FRONTISPICE. TO THE HIGH AND MIGHTIE, HENRIE, Prince of Wales. TO THE GENERALL READER. TO MY FRIENDS, THE CAMBRO-BRITANS. POLY-OLBION: THE FIRST SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SECOND SONG POLY-OLBION: THE THIRD SONG POLY-OLBION: THE FOURTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE FIFT SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SIXT SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SEVENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE EIGHTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE NINTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE TENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE ELEVENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE TWELFTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE THIRTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE FOURTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE FIFTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SIXTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SEVENTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE EIGHTEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE NINETEENTH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE ONE AND TWENTIETH SONG. POLY-OLBION: THE TWO AND TWENTIETH SONG. POLY-OLBION: THE THREE AND TWENTIETH SONG. POLY-OLBION: THE FOUR AND TWENTIETH SONG. POLY-OLBION: THE FIVE AND TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SIXE AND TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE SEVEN AND TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE EIGHT AND TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE NINE AND TWENTIETH SONG POLY-OLBION: THE THIRTIETH SONG

IDEA, 1619

CONTENTS TO THE READER OF THESE SONNETS IDEA, I IDEA, II IDEA, III IDEA, IV IDEA, V IDEA, VI IDEA, VII IDEA, VIII IDEA, IX IDEA, X IDEA, XI IDEA, XII IDEA, XIII IDEA, XIV IDEA, XV IDEA, XVI IDEA, XVII IDEA, XVIII IDEA, XIX IDEA, XX IDEA, XXI IDEA, XXII IDEA, XXIII IDEA, XXIV IDEA, XXV IDEA, XXVI IDEA, XXVII IDEA, XXVIII IDEA, XXIX IDEA, XXX IDEA, XXXI IDEA, XXXII IDEA, XXXIII IDEA, XXXIV IDEA, XXXV IDEA, XXXVI IDEA, XXXVII IDEA, XXXVIII IDEA, XXXIX IDEA, XL IDEA, XLI IDEA, XLII IDEA, XLIII IDEA, XLIV IDEA, XLV IDEA, XLVI IDEA, XLVII IDEA, XLVIII IDEA, XLIX IDEA, L IDEA, LI IDEA, LII IDEA, LIII IDEA, LIV IDEA, LV IDEA, LVI IDEA, LVII IDEA, LVIII IDEA, LIX IDEA, LX IDEA, LXI IDEA, LXII IDEA, LXIII IDEA, LXIV. IDEA, LXV. IDEA, LXVI. IDEA, LXVII. IDEA, LXVIII. IDEA, LXIX. IDEA, LXX. IDEA, LXXI. IDEA, LXXII. IDEA, LXXIII. IDEA, A CANSONET.

THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. TO MY WORTHY FRIEND MR. MICHAELL DRAYTON VPON THESE HIS POEMS. THE VISION OF BEN. IONSON, ON THE MVSES OF HIS FRIEND M. DRAYTON. THE BATTAILE OF AGINCOVRT. TO MY FRINDS THE CAMBER-BRITANS AND THEYR HARP.

NIMPHIDIA, THE COURT OF FAERY

NIMPHIDIA

THE QUEST OF CINTHIA

THE QVEST OF CYNTHIA

THE SHEPHERD’S SIRENA

THE SHEPHEARDS SIRENA

ELEGIES UPON SUNDRY OCCASIONS

CONTENTS OF HIS LADIES NOT COMMING TO LONDON. TO MASTER GEORGE SANDIS TREASURER FOR THE ENGLISH COLONY IN VIRGINA. TO. MY NOBLE FRIEND MASTER WILLIAM BROWNE, OF THE EUILL TIME. VPON THE THREE SONNES OF THE LORD SHEFFIELD, DROWNED IN HUMBER. TO THE NOBLE LADY, THE LADY I. S. OF WORLDLY CROSSES. AN ELEGIE VPON THE DEATH OF THE LADY PENELOPE CLIFTON. VPON THE NOBLE LADY ASTONS DEPARTURE FOR SPAINE. TO MY MOST DEARELY-LOUED FRIEND HENRY REYNOLDS ESQUIRE OF POETS AND POESIE. VPON THE DEATH OF HIS INCOMPARABLE FRIEND, SIR HENRY RAYNSFORD, OF CLIFFORD. VPON THE DEATH OF THE LADY OLIUE STANHOPE. TO MAISTER WILLIAM IEFFRYES, CHAPLEINE TO THE LORD AMBASSADOUR IN SPAINE. VPON THE DEATH OF MISTRIS ELIANOR FALLOWFIELD.

THE MOON CALF

THE MOONE-CALFE.

MOSES’ BIRTH AND MIRACLES

CONTENTS MOSES’ BIRTH AND MIRACLES: THE FIRST BOOKE. MOSES’ BIRTH AND MIRACLES: THE SECOND BOOKE. MOSES’ BIRTH AND MIRACLES: THE THIRD BOOKE.

THE MUSES’ ELIZIUM

CONTENTS THE DESCRIPTION OF ELIZIUM THE FIRST NIMPHALL THE SECOND NIMPHALL THE THIRD NIMPHALL THE FOURTH NIMPHALL THE FIFT NIMPHALL THE SIXT NIMPHALL THE SEUENTH NIMPHALL THE EIGHT NIMPHALL THE NINTH NIMPHALL THE TENTH NIMPHALL

DAVID AND GOLIAH

DAVID AND GOLIAH.

THE SHORTER POEMS

CONTENTS SONNETS, 1594 To the deere Chyld of the Muses, and his euer kind Mecænas, Ma. Anthony Cooke, Esquire Amour 1 Amour 2 Amour 3 Amour 4 Amour 5 Amour 6 Amour 7 Amour 8 Amour 9 Amour 10 Amour 11 Amour 12 Amour 13 Amour 14 Amour 15 Amour 16 Amour 17 Amour 18 Amour 19 Amour 20 Amour 21 Amour 22 Amour 23 Amour 24 Amour 25 Amour 26 Amour 27 Amour 28 Amour 29 Amour 30 Amour 31 Amour 32 Amour 33 Amour 34 Amour 35 Amour 36 Amour 37 Amour 38 Amour 39 Amour 40 Amour 41 Amour 42 Amour 43 Amour 44 Amour 45 Amour 46 Amour 47 Amour 48 Amour 49 Amour 50 Amour 51 SONNETS, 1599 Sonet 1 Sonet 2 Sonet 3 Sonet 5 Sonet 8 Sonet 9 Sonet 10 Sonet 11 Sonet 12 Sonet 13 Sonet 14 Sonet 21 Sonet 22 Sonet 23 Sonet 24 Sonet 25 Sonet 27 Sonet 29 Sonet 30 Sonet 31 Sonet 34 Sonet 43 Sonet 44 Sonet 45 Sonet 55 Sonet 56 Sonet 57 Sonet 58 SONNETS, 1602 Sonnet 12 Sonnet 17 Sonnet 25 Sonnet 27 Sonnet 31 Sonnet 41 Sonnet 58 Sonnet 63 Sonnet 66 SONNETS, 1605 Sonnet 43 Sonnet 46 Sonnet 47 Sonnet 50 Sonnet 51 Sonnet 57 Sonnet 58 To Sir Walter Aston, Knight of the honourable order of the Bath, and my most worthy Patron SONNETS, 1619 SONNET 1 SONNET 6 SONNET 8 His Remedie for Loue SONNET 21 SONNET 27 SONNET 36 SONNET 48 SONNET 52 SONNET 61 ODES, 1619 TO HIMSELFE AND THE HARPE The Phocean it did proue TO THE NEW YEERE TO HIS VALENTINE THE HEART THE SACRIFICE TO APOLLO TO CVPID AN AMOVRET ANACREONTICK LOVES CONQVEST TO THE VIRIGINIAN VOYAGE AN ODE WRITTEN IN THE PEAKE HIS DEFENCE AGAINST THE IDLE CRITICK TO HIS RIVALL A SKELTONIAD THE CRYER TO HIS COY LOVE A HYMNE TO HIS LADIES BIRTH-PLACE TO THE CAMBRO-BRITANS AND THEIR HARPE, HIS BALLAD OF AGINCOVRT ODES, 1606 ODE 4 TO MY WORTHY FREND, MASTER JOHN SAUAGE OF THE INNER TEMPLE ODE 8 LAST VERSES

The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Play SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE

DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE PROLOGUE. ACT I. SCENE I. Hereford. A street. ACT I. SCENE II. Eltham. An antechamber in the palace. ACT I. SCENE III. Kent. An outer court before lord Cobham’s house. ACT II. SCENE I. The same. ACT II. SCENE II. London. A room in the Axe Inn, without Bishop-gate. ACT II. SCENE III. An audience-chamber in the palace at Eltham. ACT III. SCENE I. An avenue leading to lord Cobham’s house in Kent. ACT III. SCENE II. A road near Highgate. ACT III. SCENE III. A high road in Kent. ACT III. SCENE IV. Blackheath. ACT IV. SCENE I. A field near London. King Henry’s camp. ACT IV. SCENE II. A field of Battle near London. ACT IV. SCENE III. Kent. Court before lord Cobham’s house. ACT IV. SCENE IV. The entrance of the Tower. ACT V. SCENE I. A room in lord Cobham’s house in Kent. ACT V. SCENE II. A high road near St. Albans. ACT V. SCENE III. St. Albans. The entrance of a carrier’s inn. ACT V. SCENE IV. The same. A room in the carrier’s inn. ACT V. SCENE V. The same. A street. ACT V. SCENE VI. The same. Before the Carrier’s Inn. Enter Watch. ACT V. SCENE VII. The same. The yard of the Inn. ACT V. SCENE VIII. A wood near St. Albans. ACT V. SCENE IX. St. Albans. ACT V. SCENE X. Hertford. A Hall of Justice.

The Biography MICHAEL DRAYTON by Cyril Brett The Delphi Classics Catalogue

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