Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AGAINST THEM WHO LAY UNCHASTITY TO THE SEX OF WOMAN, by WILLIAM HABINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: They meet but with unwholesome springs Last Line: Tis majesty to rule alone. Subject(s): Fidelity; Lust; Women; Faithfulness; Constancy | ||||||||
They meet but with unwholesome springs, And summers which infectious are; They hear but when the mermaid sings, And only see the falling star, Who ever dare Affirm no woman chaste and fair. Go cure your fevers, and you'll say The dog days scorch not all the year; In copper mines no longer stay, But travel to the West, and there The right ones see, And grant all gold's not alchemy. What madman, 'cause the glow-worm's flame Is cold, swears there's no warmth in fire? 'Cause some make forfeti of their name, And slave themselves to man's desire, Shall the sex free From guilt, damned to the bondage be? Nor grieve Castara, though 'twere frail, Thy virtue then would brighter shine When thy example should prevail, And every woman's faith be thine: And were there none, 'Tis majesty to rule alone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON ON HIS DEATH by WILLIAM HABINGTON |
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