Poetry Codex

Metaphysical & Cavalier

James Shirley

1596–1666

James Shirley was an English dramatist of the reign of Charles I, one of the last playwrights of the Jacobean and Caroline stage.

Palgrave includes two of his lyrics, "The Last Conqueror" and "Death the Leveller".

Poems (16)

  1. The Last Conqueror
  2. Death the Leveller
  3. Pan's Holiday
  4. The Fair Felon
  5. Secrecy
  6. To Cupid
  7. The Fool's Excellence
  8. The Close of the Masque
  9. Hang Sorrow and Cast Away Care
  10. Peace Restored
  11. Song of Nuns
  12. Daphne and Strephon
  13. The Lover's Perplexity
  14. Love's Victories
  15. To His Mistress Confined
  16. The Garden

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