'Thy tears o'erprize thy loss! Thy wife, 'In what was she particular? 'Others of comely face and life, 'Others as chaste and warm there are, 'And when they speak they seem to sing; 'Beyond her sex she was not wise; 'And there is no more common thing 'Than kindness in a woman's eyes. 'Then wherefore weep so long and fast, 'Why so exceedingly repine! 'Say, how has thy Beloved surpass'd 'So much all others?' 'She was mine.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AQUATINT FRAMED IN GOLD by AMY LOWELL ASSUNPINK AND PRINCETON [JANUARY 3, 1777] by THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH THE IMAGE IN LAVA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS AT THE WEDDING MARCH by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 52 by PHILIP SIDNEY SENEX TO MATT. PRIOR by JAMES KENNETH STEPHEN |