Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: TO HENRY, LORD CLIFFORD, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Such days as wear the badge of holy red Last Line: If th' one, the other you of force must have. Subject(s): Clifford, Henry. 5th Earl (1591-1643) | ||||||||
SUCH days as wear the badge of holy red Are for devotion marked and sage delight: The vulgar low-days, undistinguished, Are left for labour, games, and sportful sights. This several and so differing use of time, Within th' enclosure of one week we find; Which I resemble in my Notes and Rhyme, Expressing both in their peculiar kind. Pure Hymns, such as the Seventh Day loves, do lead; Grave age did justly challenge those of me: These weekday works, in order that succeed, Your youth best fits; and yours, young Lord, they be, As he is who to them their being gave: If th' one, the other you of force must have. | 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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