Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: TO JOHN MOUNSON, SON AND HEIR TO SIR THOMAS, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: On you th' affections of your fathers friends Last Line: On each side placing you as near my heart! Subject(s): Fathers & Sons; Friendship | ||||||||
ON you th' affections of your father's friends, With his inheritance, by right descends: But you your graceful youth so wisely guide That his you hold, and purchase much beside. Love is the fruit of Virtue; for whose sake Men only liking each to other take. If sparks of virtue shined not in you then So well, how could you win the hearts of men? And since that honour and well-suited praise Is Virtue's golden spur, let me now raise Unto an act mature your tender age; This half commending to your patronage, Which from your noble father's, but one side, Ordained to do you honour, doth divide. And so my love betwixt you both I part, On each side placing you as near my heart! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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