William Broome

thumb| William Broome (c. April 1689 – 16 November 1745) was an English poet and translator. He was born in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham, Cheshire and died in Bath. Quotes Poems on Several Occasions (1727) 2nd ed. (London: printed for Henry Lintot, 1739) Tho’ sickness yet a while forbears,Yet time destroys what sickness spares;Now Helen lives alone in fameAnd Cleopatra's but a name;Time must indent that heav'nly brow,And thou must be what they are now.  This moral to the fair disclose,Queen of fragrance, lovely rose. The Rose-Bud: To the Lady Jane Wharton", l. 27 Sure never pain such beauty wore,Or look’d so amiable before! To Belinda: On her Sickness and Recovery", l. 1 But see! the pains begin to fly;Tho’ Venus bled she could not die:See the new phœnix point her eyes,And lovelier from her ashes rise. To Belinda: On her Sickness and Recovery", l. 11 Brighter from her disease she shines,As fire the precious gold refines.Thus when the silent grave becomesPregnant with life as fruitful wombs;When the wide seas and spacious earth   Resign us to our second birth;Our moulder’d frame rebuilt assumesNew beauty, and for ever blooms,And, crown’d with youth’s immortal pride,   We angels rise, who mortals died. To Belinda: On her Sickness and Recovery", l. 33 External links The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope) Category:1689 births Category:1745 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Translators from England Category:Translators of Homer Category:People educated at Eton College Category:University of Cambridge alumni Category:People from Cheshire