How about "Absence, hear thou my protestation" (?Hoskyns?)? You
know, the one that ends
By absence this good means I gain,
That I can catch her
Where none can watch her,
In some close corner of my brain.
There I embrace and kiss her,
And so enjoy her, and so miss her.
Totally, the coolest use of "so" EVER. Dude.
>May I ask for some ideas even if they are only marginally Spenserian or
>Sidneyan? As Joe Black knows, I'm on the advisory board (as is he) of a
>projected anthology to be published by Broadview Press--the aim is to give
>Norton and Longmans et al. a run for their money. What we are missing from
>the Renaissance part is a small collection (oh say 20) poems by the
>unfamous. Not, in other words, Skelton, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney (Philip and
>Mary), Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Wroth, Lanyer, Herrick. If
>you have any suggestions, favorites, requests I'd love to have them,
>off-list or on. From c. 1500 to c. 1630. Not an emergency--just if you
>have time and inclination. Thanks. Anne Prescott
