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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIDESSA: 23, by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN Poet's Biography First Line: Fly to her heart, hover about her heart Last Line: What have I not, if I have but her heart? | |||
Fly to her heart, hover about her heart, With dainty kisses mollify her heart: Pierce with thy arrows her obdurate heart, With sweet allurements ever move her heart. At midday and at midnight touch her heart, Be lurking closely, nestle about her heart: With power, (thou art a god) command her heart, Kindle thy coals of love about her heart, Yea even into thy self transform her heart. Ah she must love, be sure thou have her heart, And I must die, if thou have not her heart. Thy bed (if thou rest well) must be her heart: He hath the best part sure that hath the heart: What have I not, if I have but her heart? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FIDESSA: 35 by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN THE OTHER ARMY by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN TO FIDESSA by BARTHOLOMEW GRIFFIN MARGARET'S SONG by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE I HAVE A GARMENT by ABRAHAM IBN EZRA TO THE RETURNED GIRLS by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS THE UNFORGIVEN by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO HIS LATE MAJESTY, CONCERNING..TRUE FORM OF ENGLISH POETRY by JOHN BEAUMONT |
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