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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 4. OF HER SICKNESS, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah serenissa, from our arms Last Line: You are not now invincible. Subject(s): Waller, Edmund (1606-1687) | |||
Ah Serenissa, from our arms Did you for death's preserve your charms; From us that serv'd so long in vain, Shall heav'n so soon the prize obtain? Sickness, its courtship, makes the fair As pale as her own lovers are. Sure you, the goddess we adore, Who all coelestial seem'd before, While vows and service nothing gain'd, Which, were you woman, had obtain'd; At last in pity, for our sake, Descend an human form to take, And by this sickness chuse to tell You are not now invincible. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF WALLER by APHRA BEHN TO POET E. W.; OCCAISONED FOR HIS WRITING ... ON OLIVER CROMWELL by CHARLES COTTON AN ATTEMPT AT THE MANNER OF WALLER by WILLIAM COWPER THE SECOND ADVICE TO A PAINTER FOR DRAWING HISTORY .. NAVAL BUSYNESSE by ANDREW MARVELL IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 1. OF A LADY SINGING TO HER LUTE by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 2. OF THE LADY WOULD NOT SLEEP ... by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 3. OF HER PICTURE by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 5. OF HER WALKING IN A GARDEN ... by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 6. OF HER SIGHING by ALEXANDER POPE A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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