Arts & Sciences
Theophile Being Deny'd his Addresses to King James
Translated by Richard Lovelace (1659) · From Lucasta: Posthume Poems (1659)
Arts & Sciences
If James, the king of wit,
To see me thought not fit,
Sure this the cause hath been,
That, ravish'd with my merit,
He thought I was all spirit,
And so not to be seen.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Theophile Being Deny'd his Addresses to King James.” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/132/.
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Lovelace, Richard. “Theophile Being Deny'd his Addresses to King James.” Translated by Richard Lovelace. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lovelace/132/.
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