Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 22, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus I resolve, and time hath taught me so Last Line: Wild born be wild still, though by force you tame. Variant Title(s): Thus I Resolve Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
THUS I resolve, and time hath taught me so; Since she is fair and ever kind to me, Though she be wild and wanton-like in show, Those little stains in youth I will not see. That she be constant, heaven I oft implore: If prayers prevail not, I can do no more. Palm tree the more you press, the more it grows: Leave it alone, it will not much exceed. Free beauty if you strive to yoke, you lose: And for affection, strange distaste you breed. What Nature hath not taught, no Art can frame: Wild born be wild still, though by force you tame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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