Ben Jonson · 英国文艺复兴时期
A Farewell to the World
FALSE world, good night! since thou hast brought That hour upon my morn of age;
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World poetry
Read poetry across languages and traditions, with authors, source editions and reviewed translations kept distinct.
Browse all published languages. Each work opens only an available, reviewed reading. 136 entries
Tang poetry 689World poetry 136Idioms 4Fables & stories 353Proverbs 667Maxims 8Book of Songs 97Song ci 5Yuan qu 4
Ben Jonson · 英国文艺复兴时期
The Noble Balm
HIGH-spirited friend, I send nor balms nor cor’sives to your wound:
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Ben Jonson · 英国文艺复兴时期
On Elizabeth L. H.
WOULDST thou hear what Man can say In a little? Reader, stay.
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Ben Jonson · 英国文艺复兴时期
On Salathiel Pavy
WEEP with me, all you that read This little story;
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John Donne · 十七世纪英国
Song
GO and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root,
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John Donne · 十七世纪英国
The Ecstasy
WHERE, like a pillow on a bed, A pregnant bank swell’d up, to rest
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John Donne · 十七世纪英国
The Dream
DEAR love, for nothing less than thee Would I have broke this happy dream,
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John Donne · 十七世纪英国
The Funeral
WHOEVER comes to shroud me, do not harm Nor question much
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John Donne · 十七世纪英国
A Hymn to God the Father
WILT Thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was my sin, though it were done before?
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John Donne · 英国文艺复兴时期
Death
DEATH, be not proud, though some have callèd thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so:
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Robert Herrick · 英国十七世纪
To the Virgins, to make much of Time
GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying:
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
To the Western Wind
SWEET western wind, whose luck it is, Made rival with the air,
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
To Electra
I DARE not ask a kiss, I dare not beg a smile,
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
To Violets
WELCOME, maids of honour! You do bring
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
To Daffodils
FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon;
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
To Blossoms
FAIR pledges of a fruitful tree, Why do ye fall so fast?
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
The Primrose
ASK me why I send you here This sweet Infanta of the year?
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
The Funeral Rites of the Rose
THE Rose was sick and smiling died; And, being to be sanctified,
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
Cherry-Ripe
CHERRY-ripe, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy.
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
A Meditation for his Mistress
YOU are a tulip seen to-day, But, dearest, of so short a stay
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Robert Herrick · 十七世纪英国
Delight in Disorder
A SWEET disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness:
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George Herbert · 英国十七世纪
Virtue
SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright! The bridal of the earth and sky—
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George Herbert · 十七世纪英国
Easter
I GOT me flowers to straw Thy way, I got me boughs off many a tree;
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George Herbert · 十七世纪英国
Discipline
THROW away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath;
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