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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by THOMAS PARNELL Poet's Biography First Line: My days have been so wondrous free Last Line: I cannot wish it less. | |||
My days have been so wondrous free, The little birds that fly With careless ease from tree to tree, Were but as blessed as I. Ask gliding waters, if a tear Of mine increased their stream? Or ask the flying gales, if e'er I lent one sigh to them? But now my former days retire, And I'm by beauty caught; The tender chains of sweet desire Are fixed upon my thought. Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines! Ye swains that haunt the grove! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds! Ye close retreats of love! With all of nature, all of art, Assist the dear design; Oh teach a young, unpractised heart To make my Nancy mine! The very thought of change I hate, As much as of despair; Nor ever covet to be great, Unless it be for her. 'Tis true, the passion in my mind Is mixed with soft distress; Yet while the fair I love is kind, I cannot wish it less. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A NIGHT-PIECE ON DEATH by THOMAS PARNELL AN ELEGY: TO AN OLD BEAUTY by THOMAS PARNELL ANGEL OR WOMAN by THOMAS PARNELL ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE BANNOCKBURN by ROBERT BURNS SALLY IN OUR ALLEY by HENRY CAREY (1687-1743) RIDDLE ON THE LETTER H (1) by CATHERINE MARIA FANSHAWE SONNET TO A CLAM by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THE MORAL FABLES: THE TALE OF THE COCK, AND THE JEWEL by AESOP URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FOURTH CANTO, OR LAST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE BALLAD TO THE TUNE - 'BUT I FANCY LOVELY NANCY' by PATRICK CAREY |
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