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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLAD TO THE ITALIAN TUNE, CALLED 'GIROMETTA', by PATRICK CAREY Poet's Biography First Line: O permit that my sadness Last Line: That my grace has thy grant. Subject(s): Grief | |||
I O PERMIT that my sadness May redeem my offence! Let not words, spoke in madness, Prejudice innocence! II 'Twas i' th' heighth of my passion, 'Las! I rav'd all the time: Not thy wrath, but compassion, I deserv'd by my crime. III Jealous fears, with their thickness, Had o'erclouded my brain: What I spoke in my sickness Ne'er remember again. IV Frantic men may talk treason, From all guilt they are free: Laws for such as want reason, No chastisement decree. V Sure no tyrant did ever Call that tongue to account, Which, in time of a fever, Tales of plots did recount. VI Then since none can be heard on That e'er punished such faults, O refuse not my pardon To my past words, or thoughts! VII Lo! as soon as I'm cured, I repent, I recant: Make me, too, once assured That my grace has thy grant. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE I HAVE FOLDED MY SORROWS by BOB KAUFMAN |
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