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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ANSWER TO LADY ALICE EGERTON'S SONG, by JANE CAVENDISH Poet's Biography First Line: I cannot send you back my hart Last Line: Perhaps may prove your nett Subject(s): Egerton, Lady Alice (1619-1689) | |||
I cannot send you back my hart For I have but my owne And that as Centry stands apart Soe watchman is alone Now I doe leave you for to spy Where I my Campe will place And if your Scouts, doe bringe alye May bee your selfe will face Then if you challenge mee the feild And would mee batle sett I then as Maister of the feild Perhaps may prove your nett | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON MY BOY HENRY by JANE CAVENDISH ON THE DEATH OF MY SISTER THE COUNTESS OF BRIDGEWATER IN CHILDBED by JANE CAVENDISH TO A MISTRESS DYING by WILLIAM DAVENANT INDIAN SUMMER by EMILY DICKINSON LACHRYMAE MUSARUM (THE DEATH OF TENNYSON) by WILLIAM WATSON DEATH AND THE MONK by ARTHUR E. BAKER THE MODEST WISH by JOHN BARCLAY (1582-1621) |
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