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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (1); SET BY MR. COLEMAN, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why, dearest, should'st thou weep, when I relate Last Line: You lose your lustre, but the world its light. Subject(s): Coleman, Edward (d. 1669); Love | |||
I WHY, Dearest, should'st thou weep, when I relate The story of my woe? Let not the swarthy mists of my black Fate, O'er cast thy beauty so, For each rich pearl lost on that score, Adds to mischance, and wounds your servant more. II Quench not those stars, that to my bliss should guide, Oh, spare that precious tear! Nor let those drops unto a deluge tide, To drown your beauty there. That cloud of sorrow makes it night, You lose your lustre, but the world its light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 2 by CHARLES COTTON |
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