Sir Henry Wotton

Poems (4)

• Elizabeth of Bohemia

  You meaner beauties of the night, / That poorly satisfy our eyes …

• In Praise of Angling

  Quivering fears, heart-tearing cares, / Anxious sighs, untimely tears, …

• The Character of a Happy Life

  How happy is he born and taught / That serveth not another's will; …

• Upon the Death of Sir Albert Morton's Wife

  He first deceased; she for a little tried / To live without him, liked it not, and died.