Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DANCE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: Love, reason, hate, did once bespeak Last Line: So love and folly were in hell. Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature | ||||||||
Love, Reason, Hate, did once bespeak Three mates to play at Barley-break; Love, Folly took; and Reason, Fancy; And Hate consorts with Pride; so dance they: Love coupled last; and so it fell That Love and Folly were in hell. They break, and Love would Reason meet, But Hate was nimbler on her feet; Fancy looks for Pride, and thither Hies, and they two hug together: Yet this new coupling still doth tell That Love and Folly were in hell. The rest do break again, and Pride Hath now got Reason on her side; Hate and Fancy meet, and stand Untouched by Love in Folly's hand: Folly was dull, but Love ran well, So Love and Folly were in hell. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL END OF THE WORLD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE ANSWER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS TIME OF DISTURBANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING |
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