Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN PRAISE OF HIS MISTRESS, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You that will a wonder know Last Line: May admire, but cannot show it. Subject(s): Praise; Love | ||||||||
You that will a wonder know, Go with me; Two suns in a heaven of snow Both burning be, -- All they fire that do but eye them, Yet the snow's unmelted by them. Leaves of crimson tulips met Guide the way Where two pearly rows be set, As white as day; When they part themselves asunder She breathes oracles of wonder. All this but the casket is Which contains Such a jewel, as to miss Breeds endless pains, -- That's her mind, and they that know it May admire, but cannot show it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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