Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THEMISTA'S REPROOF, by RICHARD BRATHWAITE Poet Analysis First Line: Like a top which runneth round Last Line: By giving way to others' will. Alternate Author Name(s): Braithwaite, Richard; Brathwait, Richard | ||||||||
LIKE a top which runneth round And never winneth any ground; Or th' dying scion of a vine That rather breaks than it will twine; Or th' sightless mole whose life is spent Divided from her element; Or plants removed from Tagus' shore Who never bloom or blossom more; Or dark Cimmerians who delight In shady shroud of pitchy night; Or mopping apes who are possessed Their cubs are ever prettiest; So he who makes his own opinion To be his one and only minion, Nor will incline in any season To th' weight of proof or strength of reason, But prefers will precipitate 'Fore judgment that's deliberate; He ne'er shall lodge within my roof Till, rectified by due reproof, He labours to reform this ill By giving way to others' will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UPON JULIA'S CLOTHES by ROBERT HERRICK THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN; PARODY OF TENNYSON'S 'LOCKSLEY HALL' by THEODORE MARTIN TO MY FIRST LOVE, MY MOTHER by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI KNOWLEDGE by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE ARGONAUTS (ARGONATUICA): EROS AND HIS MOTHER by APOLLONIUS RHODIUS THE MODERN TIPPLING PHILOSOPHERS by JAMES HAY BEATTIE THE BANKRUPT by JOSEPH BEAUMONT |
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