Dear, why should you command me to my rest, When now the ni… - Michael Drayton

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Dear, why should you command me to my rest,
When now the night doth summon all to sleep?
Methinks this time becometh lovers best;
Night was ordain'd together friends to keep.

Michael Drayton

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Michael Drayton (1563 – December 23, 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era.

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Alternative Names: Michaell Drayton Eſquier • Michaell Drayton, Esquire

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Victor I will remain
Or on this earth lie slain,
Never shall she sustain
Loss to redeem me.

For that fine madness still he did retain
Which rightly should possess a poet’s brain.

Fair stood the wind for France,
When we our sails advance,
Nor now to prove our chance,
Longer will tarry;
But putting to the main
At Kaux, the mouth of Seine,
With all his martial train,
Landed King Harry.

Dear, why should you command me to my rest, When now the night doth summon all to sleep? Methinks this time becometh lovers best; Night was ordain'd … - Michael Drayton

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