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ALMANZOR & ALMAHIDE, OR THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEREVER I AM, AND WHATEVER I DO
Last Line: THAN EVER BE FREED FROM HER POW'R.
Subject(s): LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; WOMEN; SONGS;
1

WHEREVER I am, and whatever I doe,
My @3Phillis@1 is still in my mind:
When angry I mean not to @3Phillis@1 to goe,
My Feet of themselves the way find:
Unknown to my self I am just at her door,
And when I would raile, I can bring out no more,
Than @3Phillis@1 too fair and unkind!

2

When @3Phillis@1 I see, my Heart bounds in my Breast,
And the Love I wou'd stifle is shown:
But asleep, or awake, I am never at Rest
When from my Eyes @3Phillis@1 is gone!
Sometimes a sad Dream does delude my sad mind,
But, alas, when I wake and no @3Phillis@1 I find
How I sigh to my self all alone.

3

Should a King be my Rival in her I adore
He should offer his Treasure in vain:
O let me alone to be happy and poor,
And give me my @3Phillis@1 again:
Let @3Phillis@1 be mine, and but ever be kind
I could to a Desart with her be confin'd,
And envy no Monarch his Raign.

4

Alas, I discover too much of my Love,
And she too well knows her own power!
She makes me each day a new Martyrdom prove,
And makes me grow jealous each hour:
But let her each minute torment my poor mind
I had rather love @3Phillis@1 both False and Unkind,
Than ever be freed from her Pow'r.



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