Who is George Peele

George Peele (baptised 25 July 1556 – buried 9 November 1596) was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed but not universally accepted collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play Titus Andronicus. Many anonymous Elizabethan plays have been attributed to him, but his reputation rests mainly on Edward I, The Old Wives' Tale, The Battle of Alcazar, The Arraignment of Paris, and David and Bethsabe. The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England, the immediate source for Shakespeare's King John, has been published under his name.

Life

Peele was christened on 25 July 1556 at St James Garlickhythe in the City of London. His father, James Peele (died 30 December 1585), who appears to have belonged to a Devonshire family, was...
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George Peele Poems

  • Bathsheba's Song
    Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air,
    Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair.
    Shine, sun; burn fire; breathe, air, and ease me;
    Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me and please me; ...
  • The Sad Shepherd's Passion Of Love
    O Gentle Love, ungentle for thy deed,
    Thou makest my heart
    A bloody mark
    With piercing shot to bleed. ...
  • Hot Sun, Cool Fire
    Hot sun, cool fire, tempered with sweet air,
    Black shade, fair nurse, shadow my white hair.
    Shine, sun; burn, fire; breathe, air, and ease me;
    Black shade, fair nurse, shroud me and please me. ...
  • A Farewell To Arms (to Queen Elizabeth)
    HIS golden locks Time hath to silver turn'd;
       O Time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing!
    His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd,
       But spurn'd in vain; youth waneth by increasing: ...
  • Polyhymnia: Sonnet
    His golden locks time hath to silver turn'd;
    O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing!
    His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurn'd,
    But spurn'd in vain; youth waneth by increasing:...
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Psalm 119 Part 10
 by Isaac Watts

Pleading the promises.

ver. 38,49

Behold thy waiting servant, Lord,
Devoted to thy fear;
Remember and confirm thy word,
For all my hopes are there.
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