My Prime of Youth Is But a Frost of Cares by Chidiock Tichborne

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My Prime of Youth Is But a Frost of Cares

My prime of youth is but a frost of cares,
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain,
My crop of cor .........
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Chidiock Tichborne

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Cokbod Lodwogo (9/11/2005 11:25:00 PM)
very interesting poem on a conclusion of a short life.

S Jones (2/22/2005 6:09:00 PM)
Chidiock Tichborne was convicted as a plotter in the Babington Conspiracy, a Catholic plot that aimed to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and put Mary Queen of Scots on the English throne. Tichborne was executed on September 20th 1586. He wrote the poem on the eve of his execution.