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RURAL POESY by PHILIP SIDNEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: O WORDS, WHICH FALL LIKE SUMMER DEW ON ME
Last Line: THAT SHE BE MINE, AS I TO HER AM TRUE.
Subject(s): FIDELITY; FAITHFULNESS; CONSTANCY;

O WORDS, which fall like summer dew on me;
O breath, more sweet than is the growing bean;
O tongue, in which all honeyed liquors be;
O voice, that doth the thrush in shrillness stain;
Do you say still, this is her promised due,
That she is mine, as I to her am true.

Gay hair, more gay than straw when harvest lies;
Lips red and plum, as cherry's ruddy side;
Eyes fair and great, like fair great ox's eyes;
O breast, where virtue dwells in purest pride;
Join you with me, to seal this promise due
That she be mine, as I to her am true.



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