Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 1. A LITTLE BREATH I'LL BORROW by THOMAS CAMPION

Poet Analysis

First Line: LEAVE PROLONGING THY DISTRESS!
Last Line: I DIE ALONE THROUGH HER DESPITE.
Subject(s): PHYSICIANS; DOCTORS;

LEAVE prolonging thy distress!
All delays afflict the dying.
Many lost sighs long I spent, to her for mercy crying;
But now, vain mourning, cease!
I'll die, and mine own griefs release.

Thus departing from this light
To those shades that end in sorrow,
Yet a small time of complaint a little breath I'll borrow,
To tell my once delight
I die alone through her despite.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net