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IN IMITATION OF A SONG IN THE PLAY OF ROLLO by CHARLES COTTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TAKE, O TAKE, MY FEARS AWAY
Last Line: DO ON THOSE FROZEN MOUNTAINS DIE.
Subject(s): FLETCHER, JOHN (1579-1625); LOVE;
I

TAKE, O take, my fears away,
Which thy cold disdains have bred;
And grant me one auspicious ray,
From thy morn of beauties shed.
But thy killing beams restrain,
Lest I be by beauty slain.

II

Spread, O spread, those orient twins
Which thy snowy bosom grace,
Where Love in milk, and roses swims,
Blind with lustre of thy face,
But let Love thaw them first, lest I
Do on those frozen mountains die.



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