Project Gutenberg 2014-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 89 Davies, John, Sir 1569 1626 Dauies, John, Sir Davis, John, Sir Davys, John, Sir Grosart, Alexander Balloch 1827 1899 Grosart, A. B. (Alexander Balloch) Grosart, Alexander B. The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies, Volume 2 of 2" by Sir John Davies is a collection of poetry likely written in the late 16th to early 17th century. This volume compiles various forms of verse, including epigrams and sonnets, rich in wit and social commentary. The poems often explore themes of love, human folly, and societal norms, presented through sharp satire and clever wordplay. At the start of the collection, the reader is introduced to the vibrant style characteristic of Davies' work, featuring a series of epigrams that define various types of "gulls" — a term Davies uses to comment on people who are foolish or easily deceived. Each poem deftly critiques different aspects of society through humorous character sketches. The opening examples provide a playful yet incisive examination of human behaviour, revealing the poet's keen observations on vanity, ambition, and moral shortcomings, all while engaging the reader with his clever use of language and form. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44978/44978-h/images/cover.jpg en English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 Davies, John, Sir, 1569-1626 PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 525755 525759 2024-09-18T19:30:39.903426 2023-09-19T14:42:00.941551 text/html text/html 537188 2014-02-22T09:22:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 170273 2014-02-22T09:22:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184681 2024-09-18T19:30:56.879373 application/epub+zip 192153 2024-09-18T19:30:42.894411 application/epub+zip 180572 2024-09-18T19:30:41.446439 application/epub+zip 376452 2024-09-18T19:31:02.597345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 563368 2024-09-18T19:30:54.576353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 549539 2022-09-20T14:13:32.673612 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303214 303111 2024-09-18T19:30:36.893465 2023-09-19T14:41:57.847549 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 303019 2014-02-22T09:22:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 117291 2014-02-22T09:22:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 303029 2014-02-22T09:22:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 117167 2014-02-22T09:22:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21032 2024-09-18T19:31:02.775308 application/rdf+xml 9484 2024-09-18T19:30:41.643415 image/jpeg 2060 2024-09-18T19:30:41.545413 image/jpeg 169110 2024-09-18T19:30:39.941431 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia