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George Wither (1588–1667)

Author of A Collection of Emblems, Ancient and Moderne

31+ Works 56 Members 1 Review

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Sometimes known as George Withers but George Wither more common.

Image credit: Image from Juvenilia. Poems (1871) by George Wither

Works by George Wither

A Collection of Emblems, Ancient and Moderne (1975) 19 copies

The shepherds hunting being, certaine eglogs written during the time of the authors imprisonment in the Marshalsey. By G 3 copies

The poetry of George Wither (1970) 2 copies

Britain's remembrancer : containing a narration of the plague lately past; a declaration of the mischiefs present; and a prediction of iudgments to come; (if repentance prevent… (2010) 2 copies

The Hymns and Songs of the Church 2 copies

Hymns and Songs of the Church 2 copies

The grateful acknowledgment of a late trimming regulator humbly presented to that honest and worthy country ... (1978) 2 copies

[Fragment] A Satyre, Written to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie 1 copy

[Fragment] Britain's remembrancer 1 copy

The great assises holden in Parnassus by Apollo and his assessovrs : at wich sessions are arraigned Mercurius Britanicus. Mercurius Aulicus. Mercurius Civicus. The Scout. The… 1 copy

Christmas Short Works Collection 2021 1 copy

So, Now is ComeOur Joyfulst Feast 1 copy

Miscellaneous works of George Wither 1 copy

[Fragment] Ivvenilia 1 copy

A triple paradox : affixed to a countermure raised against the furious batteries of restraint, slander and poverty, the three grand engines of the world, the flesh and the devil 1 copy

A cordial confection, to strengthen their hearts whose courage begins to fail, by the armies late dissolving the Parliament. It is wrapt up in an epistolary discourse,… 1 copy, 1 review

Vox pacifica: a voice tending to the pacification of God's wrath; and offering those propositions, or conditions, by the acceptation, and performance whereof, in some good… 1 copy

A proclamation in the name of the King of Kings, to all the inhabitants of the Isles of Great Britain. Wherto are added, some fragments [in verse] omitted in the first imprinting… 1 copy

The Lover's Resolution (The Complete Harvard Classics Collection, vol 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

I Loved a Lass (The Complete Harvard Classics Collection, vol 40) (KINDLE) 1 copy

Westrow revived. A funerall poem without fiction. (a manuscript copy) 1 copy

Poems of George Wither 1 copy

Fair virtue, the mistress of Philarete 1 copy

Poems ... Edited, with an introduction by H. Morley (1891) 1 copy

Fragmenta prophetica, or, The remains of George Withers, Esq. being a collection of the several predictions, dispers'd throughout his works : some verified in the… 1 copy

Abuses stript, and whipt: or Satirical essayes. By George Wyther. Diuided into two bookes 1 copy

Wither's motto. Nec habeo, nec careo, nec curo 1 copy

A Christmas Carroll 1 copy

Juvenilia : a collection of poems 1 copy

Letters of advice touching the choice of knights and burgesses for the Parliament: and directed to all those counties, c 1 copy

LibriVox Christmas Short Works Collection 2019 1 copy

Associated Works

Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling (2017) — Illustrator, some editions — 728 copies, 9 reviews

English Poetry, Volume I: From Chaucer to Gray (1910) — Contributor — 612 copies

A Treasury of the World's Best Loved Poems (1961) — Contributor — 570 copies, 4 reviews

The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse: 1509-1659 (1992) — Contributor — 313 copies, 1 review

The Standard Book of British and American Verse (1932) — Contributor — 130 copies, 1 review

Collins Albatross Book of Verse (1960) — Contributor — 63 copies

Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001 (2014) — Contributor — 52 copies, 1 review

The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

Oxford and Oxfordshire in Verse (1982) — Contributor — 15 copies

The English Spenserians: The Poetry of Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Michael Drayton, Phineas Fletcher, and Henry More (1976) — Contributor — 14 copies

Men and Women: The Poetry of Love (1970) — Contributor — 9 copies

Speculum Amantis: Love Poems from Rare Song Books and Miscellanies of the Seventeenth Century (2007) — Contributor — 5 copies

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Birthdate: 1588-06-11
Date of death: 1667-05-02
Gender: male
Occupations: poet
pamphleteer
Nationality: UK
Places of residence: Bentworth, Hampshire, England, UK (birth)
London, England, UK (death)
Disambiguation notice: Sometimes known as George Withers but George Wither more common.
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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A cordial confection, to strengthen their hearts whose courage begins to fail, by the armies late dissolving the Parliament. It is wrapt up in an epistolary discourse, occasionally written to Mr. Ro. Hamon, merchant, by Geo. Wither, Esq; about a week after the said Parliament was dissolved; and is thus communicated by a copy thereof, as very pertinent to these distracted times, and tending to preservation of the common-peace. for (other things of publick concernment, being inter-woven) it truly states the p by George Wither

One of the tales in Ghosts Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Potentially one of his darkest ones given the victim status of very young children, this takes the antiquarian aspect of the collection to heart with a late Georgian devotee of the Roman mystery religions seeking to find gnosis through blood rites.

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Works: 31
Also by: 12
Members: 56
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Rating: 4.1

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 8

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