Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 16, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Awake, awake, thou heavy sprite Last Line: Then watch and labour, while time is! Subject(s): Bible; Faith; Religion; Belief; Creed; Theology | ||||||||
AWAKE, awake, thou heavy sprite, That sleep'st the deadly sin of sleep! Rise now and walk the ways of light, 'Tis not too late yet to begin. Seek heaven early, seek it late: True Faith still finds an open gate. Get up, get up, thou leaden man! Thy track to endless joy or pain Yields but the model of a span; Yet burns out thy life's lamp in vain! One minute bounds thy bane or bliss: Then watch and labour, while time is! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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