Sir Walter Raleigh
Essential Poems
A first path through Sir Walter Raleigh, balancing reader signal, quality labels, registers, and obvious canonical titles.
The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd
If all the world and love were young,
/
And truth in every Shepherd's tongue,
/
These pretty pleasur
Sir Walter Raleigh
2m
1
Her Reply
If all the world and love were young,
/
And truth in every shepherd’s tongue,
/
These pretty pleasur
Sir Walter Raleigh
2m
2
The Lie
Go, Soul, the body’s guest,
/
Upon a thankless errand;
/
Fear not to touch the best;
/
The truth sha
Sir Walter Raleigh
5m
3
What Is Our Life
What is our life? The play of passion.
/
Our mirth? The music of division:
/
Our mothers’ wombs the
Sir Walter Raleigh
1m
4
Like Truthless Dreams, So Are My Joys Expired
Like truthless dreams, so are my joys expired,
/
And past return are all my dandled days;
/
My love
Sir Walter Raleigh
2m
5
The Silent Lover (I)
Passions are liken’d best to floods and streams:
/
The shallow murmur, but the deep are dumb;
/
So,
Sir Walter Raleigh
1m
6
The Passionate Man’s Pilgrimage
Give me my scallop shell of quiet,
/
My staff of faith to walk upon,
/
My scrip of joy, immortal die
Sir Walter Raleigh
4m
7
A Farewell To False Love
Farewell, false love, the oracle of lies,
/
A mortal foe and enemy to rest,
/
An envious boy, from w
Sir Walter Raleigh
3m
8
His Pilgrimage
Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
/
My staff of faith to walk upon,
/
My scrip of joy, immortal die
Sir Walter Raleigh
2m
9
Epitaph
Even such is time, which takes in trust
/
Our youth, our joys, and all we have,
/
And pays us but wi
Sir Walter Raleigh
1m
10
End of Essential Poems
Explore
Hello Poetry
Voting
Write