TROTH, Tom, I must confess I much admire Thy water should find passage through the fire; For fire and water never could agree: These now by nature have some sympathy. Sure then his way he forces, for all know The French ne'er grants a passage to his foe. If it be so, his valour I must praise, That being the weaker, yet can force his ways; And wish that to his valour he had strength, That he might drive the fire quite out at length; For, troth, as yet the fire gets the day, For evermore the water runs away. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FEBRUARY IN ROME by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE THE CLOUD by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE WALLABOUT MARTYRS by WALT WHITMAN GREENES FUNERALLS: SONNET 1 by RICHARD BARNFIELD THE SCHOONER by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |