Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ADVICE, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Go, thou perpetual whining lover Last Line: Go, hang thyself, and that will do't. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
Go, thou perpetual whining Lover, For shame leave off this humble trade, 'Tis more than time thou gav'st it over, For sighs and tears will never move her, By them more obstinate she's made, And thou by Love, fond, constant Love, betray'd. II The more, vain Fop, thou su'st unto her, The more she does torment thee still, Is more perverse the more you woo her, When thou art humblest lays thee lower, And when most prostrate to her will Thou meanly begg'st for life, does basely kill. III By Heav'n 'tis against all Nature, Honour and manhood, wit and sense, To let a little female creature Rule on the poor account of feature, And thy unmanly patience Monstrous and shameful as her insolence. IV Thou may'st find forty will be kinder, Or more compassionate at least, If one will serve, two hours will find her, And half this 'do for ever bind her As firm and true as thine own breast, On love and virtue's double interest: V But if thou canst not live without her, This only she, when it comes to't, And she relent not, (as I doubt her), Never make more ado about her, To sigh and whimper is no boot; Go, hang thyself, and that will do't. | 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 AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 2 by CHARLES COTTON |
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