Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 35, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Shall then a traitorous kiss or a smile Last Line: All their ways are full of errors, which no true feet can find. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
SHALL then a traitorous kiss or a smile All my delights unhappily beguile? Shall the vow of feigned love receive so rich regard, When true service dies neglected, and wants his due reward? Deeds meritorious soon be forgot, But one offence no time can ever blot; Every day it is renewed, and every night it bleeds, And with bloody streams of sorrow drowns all our better deeds. Beauty is not by Desert to be won; Fortune hath all that is beneath the sun. Fortune is the guide of Love, and both of them be blind: All their ways are full of errors, which no true feet can find. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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