Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: TO THE READER, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That holy hymns with lovers' cares are knit Last Line: And some matched worse. Yet none of him complain. Subject(s): Grief | ||||||||
THAT holy hymns with lovers' cares are knit Both in one quire here, thou mayest think't unfit. Why dost not blame the Stationer as well, Who in the same shop sets all sorts to sell? Divine with styles profane, grave shelved with vain, And some matched worse. Yet none of him complain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE I HAVE FOLDED MY SORROWS by BOB KAUFMAN A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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