Social Commentaries

Sonnet on the Fall of Troy: Troyes fruitfull Queene did many Children bare

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)

Social Commentaries

Troyes fruitfull Queene did many Children bare,
So braue, heroike, and so slout a Crew:
Who all in noble actions did accrue,
When age had made their Parents balde and bare,
They made their daintlesse courage to appeare,
Amidst the throngs of danger and debate:
Where wars remorselesse stroake kil'd many a Peere,
Whilest swords, not words, their counsels did debate:
But bloud on bloud, their furie could not sate,
For fierce Achilles did braue Hector gore:
To guerdon which, the Graecian in his gore
Did wallow, whilest the Troians laughing sate.
Thus did Achilles bid the world adiewe
For Hectors death, Reuenge did claime a due.

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Taylor, John. “Sonnet on the Fall of Troy: Troyes fruitfull Queene did many Children bare.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/140/.

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Taylor, John. “Sonnet on the Fall of Troy: Troyes fruitfull Queene did many Children bare.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/140/.

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