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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: When phoebe form'd a wanton smile
Last Line: The fabled queen of love.
Subject(s): Love
First Line: When phoebe form'd a wanton smile
Last Line: The fabled queen of love.
Subject(s): Love
WHEN Phoebe form'd a wanton smile,
My soul! it reach'd not here!
Strange, that thy peace, thou trembler, flies
Before a rising tear!
From midst the drops, my love is born,
That o'er those eyelids rove:
Thus issued from a teeming wave
The fabled queen of love.
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