Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: GOOD COUNSEL TO A YOUNG MAID, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Gaze not on thy beauty's pride Last Line: A perpetual blush to thine. Subject(s): Pride; Beauty; Love – Nature Of | ||||||||
GAZE not on thy beauty's pride, Tender maid, in the false tide That from lovers' eyes doth slide. Let thy faithful crystal show How thy colours come and go: Beauty takes a foil from woe. Love, that in those smooth streams lies Under pity's fair disguise, Will thy melting heart surprise. Nets of passion's finest thread, Snaring poems, will be spread, All to catch thy maidenhead. Then beware! for those that cure Love's disease, themselves endure For reward a calenture. Rather let the lover pine, Than his pale cheek should assign A perpetual blush to thine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRY GOING OUT OVER PASTURES by ROBERT BLY AND KNEELING AT THE EDGE OF THE TRANSPARENT SEA I SHALL SHAPE FOR ... by ANNE CARSON THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON AMONG MY FRIENDS LOVE IS A GREAT SORROW by ROBERT DUNCAN CHOSEN BY THE LION by LINDA GREGG THE SMALL THING LOVE IS by LINDA GREGG ADVISING MYSELF by PHILIP LEVINE A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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