Poems by Michael Drayton
Sonnet I: Like an Advent'rous Seafarer
... When East, when West, when South, and when by North, ...
Sonnet LXII: When First I Ended
... Burn'd in a sea of ice and drown'd amidst a fire ...
Sonnet XXXIV: Marvel Not, Love
... To AdmirationMarvel not, Love, though I thy power admire, ...
Noah's Flood (excerpts)
... That I may sing (what but from Noah thou hid'st) ...
Agincourt
... On the false Frenchmen! They now to fight are gone, ...
Sonnet V: Nothing But No
... Then answer "No," and "Aye," and "Aye" and "No ...
Sonnet XLVIII: Cupid, I Hate Thee
... So may'st thou live, to thy fair mother's joy, ...
Sonnet IV: Bright Star of Beauty
... And leaves his mother's lap to sport him there ...
Sonnet XIV: If He From Heav'n
... Thus poor thieves suffer when the greater 'scape ...
Sirena
... In a rank, Let thy swans sing her, ...
Sonnet XXIV: I Hear Some Say
... And please yourself with this conceit the while ...
Sonnet VII: Love in a Humour
... Straightways he plays a swaggering ruffian's part, ...
Ode to the Cambro-Britons and their Harp, His Ballad of Agi
... Stuck the French horsesWith Spanish yew so strong, ...
Nymphidia, The Court Of Fairy (excerpts)
... " quoth he, "Pigwiggen, she is come to thee, ...
Sonnet II: My Heart Was Slain
... Your cheeks yet pale, since first he gave the wound ...
