Collected Fkom the Original Publications in Which They Appeared I
To the right worshipfull, my singular good frend, M. Gabriell Harvey,Doctor of the Lawes.
Harvey, the happy above happiest menI read**; that, sitting like a looker-onOf this worldes stage, doest note with critique penThe sharpe dislikes of each condition:And, as one carelesse of suspition,Ne fawnest for the favour of the great,Ne fearest foolish reprehensionOf faulty men, which daunger to thee threat:But freely doest of what thee list entreat,@Like a great lord of peerelesse liberty,Lifting the good up to high Honours seat,And the evill damning evermore to dy:For life and death is in thy doomeful writing;So thy renowme lives ever by endighting.Your devoted friend, during life,
Words in this poem
- worshipfull a.
- Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect, sometimes ironically.
- singular a.
- Separate or apart from others; single; distinct. [OE. singuler, F. singulier, fr. L. singularius, singularis, fr. singulus single. See Single, a.]
- critique v. t.
- To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Cf. Critic, v.]
- favour n.
- Kind regard; propitious aspect; countenance; friendly disposition; kindness; good will. [Written also favour.]
- entreat v. t.
- To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]
- damning a.
- That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.
- evermore adv.
- During eternity; always; forever; for an indefinite period; at all times; -- often used substantively with for.
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
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Form and metre
Collected Fkom the Original Publications in Which They Appeared I is 17 lines in 2 stanzas. The metre is iambic pentameter, measured from the stress the words themselves fix (confidence 80%).
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 2 ABABBCBCC-C-DD- menA · onB · penA · conditionB · suspitionB · greatC · reprehensionB · threatC · entreat,@C · liberty · seatC · dy · writingD · endightingD · life
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. Read against iambic pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| To the right worshipfull, my singular good frend, M. Gabriell Harvey, | 15 | ···/˘·/˘···/˘/˘ |
| Doctor of the Lawes. | 5 | /˘··· |
| Harvey, the happy above happiest men | 10 | /˘·/˘··/˘· |
| I read**; that, sitting like a looker-on | 10 | ···/˘··/˘· |
| Of this worldes stage, doest note with critique pen | 10 | ·······˘/· |
| The sharpe dislikes of each condition: | 9 | ··˘/··˘/˘ |
| And, as one carelesse of suspition, | 10 | ·········· |
| Ne fawnest for the favour of the great, | 10 | ·/˘··/˘··· |
| Ne fearest foolish reprehension | 9 | ·/˘/˘···· |
| Of faulty men, which daunger to thee threat: | 10 | ·/˘······· |
| But freely doest of what thee list entreat,@ | 10 | ·/˘·····˘/ |
| Like a great lord of peerelesse liberty, | 11 | ········/˘˘ |
| Lifting the good up to high Honours seat, | 10 | /˘·····/˘· |
| And the evill damning evermore to dy: | 11 | ··/˘/˘/˘··· |
| For life and death is in thy doomeful writing; | 12 | ··········/˘ |
| So thy renowme lives ever by endighting. | 10 | ··˘/·/···· |
| Your devoted friend, during life, | 8 | ·˘/˘·/˘· |
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