The Worldly Muse: An Anthology of Serious Light Verse

A. E. Housman Aboard the Victory Alexander Pope beauty Ben Jonson bless blood dance dead dear doth drink drum ev'ry eyes fair Falero fame fear flowers fools friends grace hair hath head hear heart heaven hurroo John John Dryden John Gay Jonson king kiss knew lady laugh light live Lord love's lovers lyke maid Marianne Moore Matthew Prior merry mistress morning Muse ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er permission to reprint Phyllyp pleasant pleasure poems poet poetry poor praise pretty pride Robert Herrick rose round shepherd sigh sing smile soft SONG soul sweet T. S. Eliot tell thee theyr things Thomas Campion Thomas Hardy thou thought tree Twas verse W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden Whan wine wolde young