The Flower of the Mind

								

ROBERT GREENE (1560?–1592).
FAWNIA                                                            26
SEPHESTIA’S SONG TO HER CHILD                                     27
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1562–1593).
THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE                               28
SAMUEL DANIEL (1562–1619).
SLEEP                                                             29
MY SPOTLESS LOVE                                                  30
MICHAEL DRAYTON (1563–1631).
SINCE THERE’S NO HELP                                             30
JOSHUA SYLVESTER (1563–1618).
WERE I AS BASE                                                    31
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616).
POOR SOUL, THE CENTRE OF MY SINFUL EARTH                          32
O ME! WHAT EYES HATH LOVE PUT IN MY HEAD                          32
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY?                           33
WHEN IN THE CHRONICLE OF WASTED TIME                              33
THAT TIME OF YEAR THOU MAY’ST IN ME BEHOLD                        34
HOW LIKE A WINTER HATH MY ABSENCE BEEN                            34
BEING YOUR SLAVE, WHAT SHOULD I DO BUT TEND                       35
WHEN IN DISGRACE WITH FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYES                      35
THEY THAT HAVE POWER TO HURT, AND WILL DO                         36
FAREWELL! THOU ART TOO DEAR FOR MY POSSESSING                     37
WHEN TO THE SESSIONS OF SWEET SILENT THOUGHT                      37
DID NOT THE HEAVENLY RHETORIC OF THINE EYE                        38
THE FORWARD VIOLET THUS DID I CHIDE                               38
O LEST THE WORLD SHOULD TASK YOU TO RECITE                        39
LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS                          39
HOW OFT, WHEN THOU, MY MUSIC, MUSIC PLAY’ST                       40
FULL MANY A GLORIOUS MORNING HAVE I SEEN                          40
THE EXPENSE OF SPIRIT IN A WASTE OF SHAME                         41
FANCY                                                             41
FAIRIES                                                           42
COME AWAY                                                         43
FULL FATHOM FIVE                                                  43
DIRGE                                                             44
SONG                                                              44
SONG                                                              45
ANONYMOUS.
TOM O’ BEDLAM                                                     45
THOMAS CAMPION (circa 1567–1620).
KIND ARE HER ANSWERS                                              46
LAURA                                                             47
HER SACRED BOWER                                                  48
FOLLOW                                                            49
WHEN THOU MUST HOME                                               50