Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Think'st thou to seduce me with words that have no meaning? Last Line: But alas! Who less could do that found so good occasion! Variant Title(s): "think'st Thou To Seduce Me Then""; Subject(s): Courtship; Language; Seduction; Words; Vocabulary | ||||||||
THINK'ST thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning? Parrots so can learn to prate, our speech by pieces gleaning: Nurses teach their children so about the time of weaning. Learn to speak first, then to woo: to wooing much pertaineth: He that courts us, wanting art, soon falters when he feigneth, Looks asquint on his discourse and smiles when he complaineth. Skilful anglers hide their hooks, fit baits for every season; But with crooked pins fish thou, as babes do that want reason; Gudgeons only can be caught with such poor tricks of treason. Ruth forgive me, if I erred, from human heart compassion, When I laughed sometimes too much to see thy foolish fashion: But alas! who less could do that found so good occasion! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOWYOUBEENS' by TERRANCE HAYES MY LIFE: REASON LOOKS FOR TWO, THEN ARRANGES IT FROM THERE by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: THE BEST WORDS by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN CANADA IN ENGLISH by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THERE IS NO WORD by TONY HOAGLAND CONSIDERED SPEECH by JOHN HOLLANDER AND MOST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK ?Ǫ by JOHN HOLLANDER A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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