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TO ONE OVERHEARING HIS PRIVATE DISCOURSE by THOMAS RANDOLPH

Poet Analysis

First Line: I WONDER NOT MY LEDA FAR CAN SEE
Last Line: GLAD HE HAD GOT A TALE TO WHISPER THERE.

I WONDER not my Leda far can see,
Since for her eyes she might an eagle be,
And dare the sun; but that she hears so well,
As that she could my private whisperings tell,
I stand amaz'd. Her ears are not so long,
That they could reach my words: hence then it sprung,
Love overhearing fled to her bright ear,
Glad he had got a tale to whisper there.



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