Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LES AMOURS, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She, that I pursue, still flies me Last Line: I'll be content to take them both. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I SHE, that I pursue, still flies me; Her, that follows me, I fly; She, that I still court, denies me: Her, that courts me, I deny. Thus in one web we're subt'ly wove, And yet we mutiny in love. II She, that can save me, must not do it, She, that cannot, fain would do: Her love is bound, yet I still woo it: Hers by love is bound in woe. Yet, how can I of Love complain, Since I have love for love again. III This is thy work, imperious Child, Thine is this labyrinth of love, That thus hast our desires beguil'd, Nor see'st how thine arrows rove, Then pri'thee, to compose this stir, Make her love me, or me love her. IV But, if irrevocable are Those keen shafts, that wound us so; Let me prevail with thee thus far, That thou once more take thy bow; Wound her hard heart, and by my troth, I'll be content to take them both. | 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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