Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 13, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, when back mine eye Last Line: Henceforth to be my guard and guide. | ||||||||
Lo, when back mine eye, Pilgrim-like, I cast, What fearful ways I spy, Which, blinded, I securely past! But now heaven hath drawn From my brows that night; As when the day doth dawn, So clears my long imprisoned sight. Straight the caves of hell, Dressed with flowers I see: Wherein false pleasures dwell, That, winning most, most deadly be. Throngs of masked fiends, Winged like angels, fly: Even in the gates of friends In fair disguise black dangers lie. Straight to heaven I raised My restored sight, And with loud voice I praised The Lord of ever-during light. And since I had strayed From His ways so wide, His grace I humbly prayed Henceforth to be my guard and guide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 3. AMARYLLIS by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 4 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 6. CORRINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 8 by THOMAS CAMPION FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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