Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Wise men patience never want Last Line: Whereon human love displays. Subject(s): Love; Human Behavior | ||||||||
WISE men patience never want; Good men pity cannot hide; Feeble spirits only vaunt Of revenge, the poorest pride: He alone, forgive that can, Bears the true soul of a man. Some there are, debate that seek, Making trouble their content, Happy if they wrong the meek, Vex them that to peace are bent: Such undo the common tie Of mankind, Society. Kindness grown is, lately, cold; Conscience hath forgot her part; Blessed times were known of old, Long ere Law became an Art: Shame deterred, not Statutes then, Honest love was law to men. Deeds from love, and words, that flow, Foster like kind April showers; In the warm sun all things grow, Wholesome fruits and pleasant flowers; All so thrives his gentle rays, Whereon human love displays. | 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 SEVEN STREAMS OF NEVIS by GALWAY KINNELL THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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