Poetry Codex

Metaphysical & Cavalier

George Sandys

1578–1644

George Sandys (1578–1644) was an English traveller, colonist and poet. In 1610 he journeyed through the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and the Holy Land, and published an account of it as A Relation of a Journey (1615), one of the most widely read travel books of its day. From 1621 he was in Virginia as treasurer of the Virginia Company, and there he worked on his English translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses, published in full in 1632.

Back in England he turned to sacred verse: A Paraphrase upon the Psalms of David (1636) and A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems (1638), which added Job, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and the scriptural songs, with musical settings by Henry Lawes. The 1638 volume is the source of the poems here, given in the original spelling.

Poems (226)

  1. To the Queene
  2. To the King
  3. To the Queene
  4. Psalm 1
  5. Psalm 2
  6. Psalm 3
  7. Psalm 4
  8. Psalm 5
  9. Psalm 6
  10. Psalm 7
  11. Psalm 8
  12. Psalm 9
  13. Psalm 10
  14. Psalm 11
  15. Psalm 12
  16. Psalm 13
  17. Psalm 14
  18. Psalm 15
  19. Psalm 16
  20. Psalm 17
  21. Psalm 18
  22. Psalm 19
  23. Psalm 20
  24. Psalm 21
  25. Psalm 22
  26. Psalm 23
  27. Psalm 24
  28. Psalm 25
  29. Psalm 26
  30. Psalm 27
  31. Psalm 28
  32. Psalm 29
  33. Psalm 30
  34. Psalm 31
  35. Psalm 32
  36. Psalm 33
  37. Psalm 34
  38. Psalm 35
  39. Psalm 36
  40. Psalm 37
  41. Psalm 38
  42. Psalm 39
  43. Psalm 40
  44. Psalm 41
  45. Psalm 42
  46. Psalm 43
  47. Psalm 44
  48. Psalm 45
  49. Psalm 46
  50. Psalm 47
  51. Psalm 48
  52. Psalm 49
  53. Psalm 50
  54. Psalm 51
  55. Psalm 52
  56. Psalm 53
  57. Psalm 54
  58. Psalm 55
  59. Psalm 56
  60. Psalm 57
  61. Psalm 58
  62. Psalm 59
  63. Psalm 60
  64. Psalm 61
  65. Psalm 62
  66. Psalm 63
  67. Psalm 64
  68. Psalm 65
  69. Psalm 66
  70. Psalm 68
  71. Psalm 69
  72. Psalm 70
  73. Psalm 71
  74. Psalm 72
  75. Psalm 73
  76. Psalm 74
  77. Psalm 75
  78. Psalm 76
  79. Psalm 77
  80. Psalm 78
  81. Psalm 79
  82. Psalm 80
  83. Psalm 81
  84. Psalm 82
  85. Psalm 83
  86. Psalm 84
  87. Psalm 85
  88. Psalm 86
  89. Psalm 87
  90. Psalm 88
  91. Psalm 89
  92. Psalm 90
  93. Psalm 91
  94. Psalm 92
  95. Psalm 93
  96. Psalm 94
  97. Psalm 95
  98. Psalm 96
  99. Psalm 97
  100. Psalm 98
  101. Psalm 99
  102. Psalm 100
  103. Psalm 101
  104. Psalm 102
  105. Psalm 103
  106. Psalm 104
  107. Psalm 105
  108. Psalm 106
  109. Psalm 107
  110. Psalm 108
  111. Psalm 109
  112. Psalm 110
  113. Psalm 111
  114. Psalm 112
  115. Psalm 113
  116. Psalm 114
  117. Psalm 115
  118. Psalm 116
  119. Psalm 117
  120. Psalm 118
  121. Psalm 119
  122. Psalm 120
  123. Psalm 121
  124. Psalm 122
  125. Psalm 123
  126. Psalm 124
  127. Psalm 125
  128. Psalm 126
  129. Psalm 127
  130. Psalm 128
  131. Psalm 129
  132. Psalm 130
  133. Psalm 131
  134. Psalm 132
  135. Psalm 133
  136. Psalm 134
  137. Psalm 135
  138. Psalm 136
  139. Psalm 137
  140. Psalm 138
  141. Psalm 139
  142. Psalm 140
  143. Psalm 141
  144. Psalm 142
  145. Psalm 143
  146. Psalm 144
  147. Psalm 145
  148. Psalm 146
  149. Psalm 147
  150. Psalm 148
  151. Psalm 149
  152. Psalm 150
  153. Exodus 15
  154. Deuteronomy 32
  155. Judges 5
  156. 1 Samuel 2
  157. 2 Samuel 1
  158. 2 Samuel 7
  159. Isaiah 5
  160. Isaiah 26
  161. Isaiah 38
  162. Jonah 1
  163. Habakkuk 3
  164. Luke 1 (I)
  165. Luke 1 (II)
  166. Luke 2
  167. Deo Opt. Max.
  168. Job, Chapter 1
  169. Job, Chapter 2
  170. Job, Chapter 3
  171. Job, Chapter 4
  172. Job, Chapter 5
  173. Job, Chapter 6
  174. Job, Chapter 7
  175. Job, Chapter 8
  176. Job, Chapter 9
  177. Job, Chapter 10
  178. Job, Chapter 11
  179. Job, Chapter 12
  180. Job, Chapter 13
  181. Job, Chapter 14
  182. Job, Chapter 15
  183. Job, Chapter 16
  184. Job, Chapter 17
  185. Job, Chapter 18
  186. Job, Chapter 19
  187. Job, Chapter 20
  188. Job, Chapter 21
  189. Job, Chapter 22
  190. Job, Chapter 23
  191. Job, Chapter 24
  192. Job, Chapter 25
  193. Job, Chapter 26
  194. Job, Chapter 27
  195. Job, Chapter 28
  196. Job, Chapter 29
  197. Job, Chapter 30
  198. Job, Chapter 31
  199. Job, Chapter 32
  200. Job, Chapter 33
  201. Job, Chapter 34
  202. Job, Chapter 35
  203. Job, Chapter 36
  204. Job, Chapter 37
  205. Job, Chapter 38
  206. Job, Chapter 39
  207. Job, Chapter 40
  208. Job, Chapter 41
  209. Job, Chapter 42
  210. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 1
  211. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 2
  212. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3
  213. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 4
  214. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 5
  215. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 6
  216. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 7
  217. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 8
  218. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 9
  219. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 10
  220. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 11
  221. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 12
  222. Lamentations, Chapter 1
  223. Lamentations, Chapter 2
  224. Lamentations, Chapter 3
  225. Lamentations, Chapter 4
  226. Lamentations, Chapter 5

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