Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAELIA: SONNETS: 11, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair laurel, that the only witness art Last Line: Embrace our fronts in sign of memory. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Passion | ||||||||
FAIR Laurel, that the only witness art To that discourse, which underneath thy shade Our grief-swoll'n breasts did lovingly impart, With vows as true as e'er Religion made: If (forced by our sighs) the flame shall fly Of our kind love, and get within thy rind, Be wary, gentle bay, and shriek not high, When thou dost such unusual fervour find; Suppress the fire; for should it take thy leaves, Their crackling would betray us, and thy glory (Honour's fair symbol) dies; thy trunk receives But heat sufficient for our future story: And when our sad misfortunes vanquish'd lie, Embrace our fronts in sign of memory. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI LES GRANDES PASSIONS MANQUEES by IRVING FELDMAN EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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