Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY COUSIN CAREW RALEGH MARRYING MY LADY ALTHAM, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Happy youth! That shalt possess Last Line: Oft destroy both smell and sight. Subject(s): Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
HAPPY youth! that shalt possess Such a spring-tide of delight, As the sated appetite Shall, enjoying such excess, Wish the flood of pleasure less; When the hymeneal rite Is perform'd, invoke the night, That it may in shadows dress Thy too real happiness: Else (as Semele) the bright Deity, in her full might, May thy feeble soul oppress. Strong perfumes and glaring light Oft destroy both smell and sight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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