Thomas Carew

1595-1640 / English
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The Unfading BeautyHe that loves a rosy cheek, / Or a coral lip admires, / Or from star-like eyes doth seek
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A Deposition From LoveI was foretold, your rebell *** / Nor love, nor pitty knew; / And with what scorn you use to vex
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The PrimroseAsk me why I send you here / The firstling of the infant year; / Ask me why I send to you
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To A Lady That Desired I Would Love HerNow you have freely given me leave to love, / What will you doe? / Shall I your mirth, or passion move,
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Mediocrity In Love RejectedGive me more love or more disdain; / The torrid, or the frozen zone, / Bring equal ease unto my pain;
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A Divine MistressIn Nature’s pieces still I see / Some error, that might mended be; / Something my wish could still remove,
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An Elegy Upon The Death Of The Dean Of St. Paul’s, Dr. John DonneCan we not force from widow’d poetry, / Now thou art dead (great Donne) one elegy / To crown thy hearse? Why yet dare we not trust,
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Persuasions To EnjoyIf the quick spirits in your eye / Now languish, and anon must die; / If every sweet, and every grace
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Ingrateful Beauty ThreatenedKnow, Celia, since thou art so proud, / ’Twas I that gave thee thy renown. / Thou hadst in the forgotten crowd
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Epitaph For Maria WentworthAnd here the precious dust is laid; / Whose purely-temper’d clay was made / So fine that it the guest betray’d.
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