1. Robert Greene
The Shepherd and the King

Ah! what is love? It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,
        And sweeter too;
For kings have cares that wait upon a crown,
And cares can make the sweetest face to frown:
        Ah then, ah then,
If country loves such sweet...

Poet: Robert Greene
Philomela’s Ode

That She Sung in Her Arbor
SITTING by a river’s side
Where a silent stream did glide,
Muse I did of many things
That the mind in quiet brings.
I ’gan think how some men deem
Gold their god; and some esteem
Honor is the chief content
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Poet: Robert Greene
Content

From “Farewell to Follie,” 1617
SWEET are the thoughts that savor of content;
  The quiet mind is richer than a crown;
Sweet are the nights in careless slumber spent,—
  The poor estate scorns Fortune’s angry frown:
Such sweet content, such minds, such...

Poet: Robert Greene