Death & Dying
An Epigram to Sir Philip Sidney, in Elegiacal Verse, Translated out of Jodelle
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Cambridge, worthy Philip, by this verse builds thee an altar,
'Gainst time and tempest, strong to abide for ever;
That praise of verses no length of time can abolish,
Which Greece and Italy purchased endless honour.
I then pursuing their steps, like glory to purchase,
Will make thy memory famous in after-ages;
And in these measured verses thy glory be sounded,
So be thy holy favour, help to my holy fury.
Codex Note
Credited to "A. W." in Francis Davison's own manuscript list (Bullen prints the initials in square brackets).
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Anonymous (Elizabethan miscellanies). “An Epigram to Sir Philip Sidney, in Elegiacal Verse, Translated out of Jodelle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-miscellanies/103/.
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Anonymous (Elizabethan miscellanies). “An Epigram to Sir Philip Sidney, in Elegiacal Verse, Translated out of Jodelle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-elizabethan-miscellanies/103/.
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