Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lighten, heavy heart, thy sprite Last Line: To view a stream that brightly flows. Subject(s): Conduct Of Life | ||||||||
LIGHTEN, heavy heart, thy sprite, The joys recall that thence are fled; Yield thy breast some living light; The man that nothing doth is dead. Tune thy temper to these sounds, And quicken so thy joyless mind; Sloth the worst and best confounds: It is the ruin of mankind. From her cave rise all distastes, Which unresolved Despair pursues; Whom soon after, Violence hastes, Herself, ungrateful, to abuse. Skies are cleared with stirring winds, Th' unmoved water moorish grows; Every eye much pleasure finds To view a stream that brightly flows. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD by MATTHEA HARVEY SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN MY LIFE: YET WE INSIST THAT LIFE IS FULL OF HAPPY CHANCE by LYN HEJINIAN CHAPTER HEADING by ERNEST HEMINGWAY PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA A CERTAIN MAN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA GREEN-STRIPED MELONS by JANE HIRSHFIELD LIKE THE SMALL HOLE BY THE PATH-SIDE SOMETHING LIVES IN by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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