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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE'S BRAVO; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Why should we murmur, why repine Last Line: Bravely chastis'd their surly deities. | |||
WHY should we murmur, why repine, Phyllis, at thy fate, or mine? Like pris'ners, why do we those fetters shake; Which neither thou, nor I can break? There is a better way to baffle Fate, If mortals would but mind it, And 'tis not hard to find it: Who would be happy, must be desperate; He must despise those stars that fright Only fools that dread the night; Time and chance he must outbrave, He that crouches is their slave. Thus the wise Pagans, ill at ease, Bravely chastis'd their surly Deities. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHARACTER OF A BELLY-GOD; CATIUS AND HORACE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; CLORIS AND PARTHENISSA by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DOOMS-DAY THOUGHT by THOMAS FLATMAN A SONG ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY BEFORE THE KING, CAR. 2 by THOMAS FLATMAN A THOUGHT OF DEATH by THOMAS FLATMAN ADVICE TO AN OLD MAN OF SIXTY-THREE, ABOUT TO MARRY A GIRL OF SIXTEEN by THOMAS FLATMAN AGAINST THOUGHTS by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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