Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOUR SONGS BY WAY OF CHORUS TO A PLAY: 1. OF JEALOUSY. A DIALOGUE, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From whence was first this fury hurl'd Last Line: And raging as the northern wind. Subject(s): Jealousy | ||||||||
Question. FROM whence was first this fury hurl'd, This Jealousy, into the world? Came she from hell? Answer. No, there doth reign Eternal Hatred, with Disdain; But she the daughter is of Love, Sister of Beauty. Question. Then above She must derive from the third sphere Her heavenly offspring. Answer. Neither there, From those immortal flames, could she Draw her cold frozen pedigree. Question. If nor from heaven nor hell, where then Had she her birth? Answer. I' th' hearts of men. Beauty and Fear did her create, Younger than Love, elder than Hate, Sister to both; by Beauty's side To Love, by Fear to Hate, alli'd. Despair her issue is, whose race Of fruitful mischiefs drowns the space Of the wide earth in a swoln flood Of wrath, revenge, spite, rage, and blood. Question. Oh, how can such a spurious line Proceed from parents so divine? Answer. As streams which from their crystal spring Do sweet and clear their waters bring, Yet, mingling with the brackish main, Nor taste nor colour they retain. Question. Yet rivers 'twixt their own banks flow Still fresh; can Jealousy do so? Answer. Yes, whilst she keeps the steadfast ground Of Hope and Fear her equal bound. Hope, sprung from favour, worth, or chance, Towards the fair object doth advance; Whilst Fear, as watchful sentinel, Doth the invading foe repel: And Jealousy, thus mix'd, doth prove The season and the salt of Love. But when Fear takes a larger scope, Stifling the child of Reason, Hope, Then, sitting on th' usurped throne, She like a tyrant rules alone: As the wild ocean unconfin'd, And raging as the northern wind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOG AFTER LOVE by YEHUDA AMICHAI TOGETHER IN GREECE by LINDA GREGG THE JEALOUS LOVERS by DONALD HALL WOMEN THEY COULD KILL FOR by PETER JOHNSON GENEVIEVE AND ALEXANDRA (2) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON SONNET (6) by GEORGE SANTAYANA A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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