Anonymous. Madrigal. William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. 1907. The Book of Elizabethan Verse

Verse > Anthologies > William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. > The Book of Elizabethan Verse

CONTENTS · GLOSSARY · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907.

Madrigal

Anonymous


BROWN 1 is my love but graceful;
And each renownèd whiteness,
Matched with thy lovely brown, loseth its brightness.

Fair is my love, but scornful;
Yet have I seen despisèd	5
Dainty white lilies, and sad flowers well prizèd.

Note 1. From the Second Book of Musica Transalpina, 1597. Prof. Schelling says: “The titles of Yonge’s two collections show that the words as well as the music were originally Italian.” [back]

CONTENTS · GLOSSARY · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore.

Shakespeare · Bible · Saints · Anatomy · Harvard Classics · Lit. History · Quotations · Poetry