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SONG TO AMANDA by JAMES THOMSON (1700-1748)

Poet Analysis

First Line: UNLESS WITH MY AMANDA BLEST
Last Line: WITHOUT MY LOVE. THERE IS NO SPRING.
Subject(s): LOVE;
Unless with my Amanda bless'd,
In vain I twine the woodbine bower;
Unless to deck her sweeter breast,
In vain I rear the breathing flower.

A waken'd by the genial year,
In vain the birds around me sing;
In vain the freshening fields appear: --
Without my love. there is no Spring.



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