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John Wilmot
April 1, 1647 - July 26, 1680
Poetry Listing
Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | A Fragment Of Seneca Translated | After Death nothing is, and nothing, death, | | | 1394 | | 2: | A Letter From Artemesia In The Town To Chloe In The Country | In verse by your command I write. | | | 1207 | | 3: | A Ramble In St. James's Park | Much wine had passed, with grave discourse | | | 1277 | | 4: | A Satyre Against Mankind | Were I (who to my cost already am | | | 1259 | | 5: | A Satyre On Charles II | In th' isle of Britain, long since famous grown | | | 1335 | | 6: | A Song Of A Young Lady To Her Ancient Lover | Ancient Person, for whom I | | | 1434 | | 7: | A Woman's Honor: A Song | Love bade me hope, and I obeyed; | | | 1344 | | 8: | A Woman's Honour | Love bade me hope, and I obeyed; | | | 1384 | | 9: | Absent Of Thee I Languish Still | Absent from thee I languish still; | | | 1376 | | 10: | Against Constancy | Tell me no more of constancy, | | | 1336 | | 11: | All My Past Life... | All my past life is mine no more, | | | 1253 | | 12: | An Allusion To Horace | Well Sir, 'tis granted, I said Dryden's Rhimes, | | | 1256 | | 13: | By All Love's Soft, Yet Mighty Powers | By all love's soft, yet mighty powers, | | | 1071 | | 14: | Constancy | I cannot change as others do, | | | 1154 | | 15: | Epitaph On Charles II | Here lies a great and mighty King, | | | 1086 | | 16: | Give Me Leave To Rail At You | Give me leave to rail at you, | | | 1231 | | 17: | God Bless Our Good And Gracious King | God bless our good and gracious kind, | | | 1272 | | 18: | I Cannot Change, As Others Do | I cannot change, as others do, | | | 1226 | | 19: | Love And Life | All my past life is mine no more, | | | 1312 | | 20: | My Dear Mistress Has A Heart | My dear mistress has a heart | | | 1204 | | 21: | My Light Thou Art | My light thou art, without thy glorious sight | | | 1154 | | 22: | Poems To Mulgrave And Scroope | I heare this Towne does soe abound, | | | 1142 | | 23: | Portsmouth's Looking Glass | Methinks I see you, newly risen | | | 1087 | | 24: | Return | Absent from thee, I languish still; | | | 1198 | | 25: | Satire Against Reason And Mankind | Were I (who to my cost already am | | | 1039 | | 26: | Satyr | Were I (who to my cost already am | | | 1156 | | 27: | Signior Dildo | You ladies of merry England | | | 1020 | | 28: | Song | Love a woman? You're an ass. | | | 1153 | | 29: | Song | Quoth the Duchess of Cleveland to counselor Knight, | | | 1142 | | 30: | The Disabled Debauchee | As some brave admiral, in former war, | | | 1023 | | 31: | The Dying Lover | I cannot change, as others do, | | | 976 | | 32: | The Imperfect Enjoyment | Naked she lay, clasped in my longing arms, | | | 921 | | 33: | The Mistress | An age in her embraces passed | | | 1334 | | 34: | The Platonic Lady | I could love thee till I die, | | | 1200 | | 35: | To His Mistress | Why dost thou shade thy lovely face? O why | | | 1164 | | 36: | To This Moment A Rebel | To this moment a rebel I throw down my arms, | | | 1110 | | 37: | Tunbridge Wells | At five this morn, when Phoebus raised his head | | | 1056 | | 38: | Upon His Drinking A Bowl | Vulcan, contrive me such a cup | | | 1282 | | 39: | Upon Nothing | Nothing, thou elder brother even to shade, | | | 1087 |
About:
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (April 1, 1647–July 26, 1680) was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.
He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry.
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