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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Raleigh (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Raleigh (Illustrated) is a comprehensive compilation of the poems by Sir Walter Raleigh, a prominent figure in English literature during the Elizabethan era. The book features detailed illustrations that enhance the reading experience, providing insight into the historical and cultural context of Raleigh's work. It includes a variety of poems, showcasing Raleigh's talent as a poet and his contributions to English poetry. more

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Walter Raleigh
Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh was an English writer, explorer, soldier, and politician. He is renowned for his poetry, such as 'The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd', and his involvement in the establishment of the Roanoke Colony in North America. Raleigh served as a courtier to Elizabeth I and later became a favorite of King James I. more

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“When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.”

“I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints,-I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!-and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.”

“I wish I could remember the first day, First hour, first moment of your meeting me; If bright or dim the season it might be; Summer or winter for aught I can say. So, unrecorded did it slip away, So blind was i to see and to forsee, So dull to mark the budding of my tree That would not blossom, yet, for many a May.”

“My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th' uncertain sickly appetite to please. My reason, the physician to my love, Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, Hath left me, and I desperate now approve Desire is death, which physic did except.”