William Browne

William Browne (physician) William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645) was an English poet, born at Tavistock, Devon, educated at Oxford, after which he entered the Inner Temple. His chief works were the long poem Britannia's Pastorals (1613), and a contribution to The Shepheard's Pipe (1614). Quotes thumb|A rose as fair as ever saw the North, Grew in a little garden all alone. Steer, hither steer your wingèd pines,  All beaten mariners!Here lie Love’s undiscover’d mines,  A prey to passengers. "The Sirens' Song". St. 1. The Inner Temple Masque (1614) Scene 1    Come on shore, Where no joy dies till Love hath gotten more. "The Sirens' Song". Refrain Underneath this sable hearseLies the subject of all verse,Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother;Death! ere thou hast slain another,Fair and learn'd, and good as she,Time shall throw a dart at thee. "Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke", first published with the poems of the countess's son William and Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1660) Variant: 'marble' instead of sable' Britannia's Pastorals (1613) Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span. Book i. Song 2 Compare: Bacon, The World (1629) And all the former causes of her moan Did therewith bury in oblivion. Book i. Song 2 Well-languaged Daniel. Book ii. Song 2. L. 303 A heavenly bevy of sweet English dames. Book ii. Song 2 Compare: Milton, Paradise Lost, bk. xi, l. 582    For those sacred powers Tread on oblivion; no desert odours Can be entombed in their celestial breasts. Book iii. Song ii. St. 23 A rose as fair as ever saw the North, Grew in a little garden all alone: A sweeter flower did Nature ne’er put forth, Nor fairer garden yet was never known. "Visions". Sonnet 5     If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies. "Visions". Sonnet 5 I saw a mushroom stand in haughty pride, As if the lilies grew to be his slaves. "Visions". Sonnet ? External links William Browne (poet) William Browne Category:Poets from England Category:17th century deaths Category:University of Oxford alumni