(1618-1657 / London / England)

poet Richard Lovelace
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" To His Fairest Valentine Mrs. A. L.

"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
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  • Carlos Echeverria (11/27/2012 11:10:00 AM)

    Catchy, has a nice beat and easy to listen to...must have made the top of the Elizabethan pop charts.

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  • Bruce Meyerson (11/27/2012 4:29:00 AM)

    cool, I liked it, just 2 long

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  • Ratnakar Mandlik (11/27/2011 10:39:00 AM)

    A marvellous poem wherein the poet reemphasizes the eternal truth that for a lover his lady love is the best, most virtuous and most beautiful.

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  • Ramesh T A (11/27/2011 10:01:00 AM)

    It's a beautiful poem by Richard Lovelace about his lady love who is more than heaven and more than above all a Nature's cabinet storing all blissful things of life in one!

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  • Cs Vishwanathan (11/27/2010 6:51:00 AM)

    This particular poem of Lovelace is a nearly full catalogue of all the similes and/or metaphors used by cavaliers and court poets of that era (16th/17th centuries) , only the shepherds and the bucolic similes are missing. From the rhythm of the verse it appears that this poem got its final shape after several revisions. This poem is wholly within its tradition of thought and presentation.

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  • La La La Laurie (11/27/2009 11:45:00 AM)

    after posting my comment I see that is was wrote by one in fact as it sounded.......a little redfaced here, but thoroughly enjoyed, none the less! !

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  • La La La Laurie (11/27/2009 11:43:00 AM)

    WOW! ! ! ! ! ! This feels like it is out of a fairy tale, where the man that wrote it is of the highest caliber of gentleman and schooling and creativity, and he is sooo into this woman for more than just her pretty face....I loved it!

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  • Punsara Amarasinghe (11/27/2009 1:00:00 AM)

    Its good poetical work.........................well done............

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  • Linda Hepner (11/27/2005 12:45:00 PM)

    I assume to his Mrs! Lucky lady... I wonder if she darned stockings?

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