Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG. MONTROSS, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ask not, why sorrow shades my brow Last Line: I'll mourn, I'll mourn away my breath. Subject(s): Mourning; Bereavement | ||||||||
I ASK not, why sorrow shades my brow; Nor why my sprightly looks decay. Alas! what need I beauty now, Since he, that lov'd it, died to-day. II Can ye have ears, and yet not know, Mirtillo, brave Mirtillo's slain? Can ye have eyes, and they not flow, Or hearts that do not share my pain? III He's gone! he's gone! and I will go; For in my breast, such wars I have, And thoughts of him perplex me so That the whole world appears my grave. IV But I'll go to him, though he lie Wrapped in the cold, cold arms of Death: And under yon sad cypress tree, I'll mourn, I'll mourn away my breath. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART 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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