Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PICTURE; SET BY MR. LAWES, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: How, chloris, can I e'er believe Last Line: My wand'ring eyes to thee at home. Subject(s): Composers; Lawes, Henry (1596-1662); Love | ||||||||
I How, Chloris, can I e'er believe The vows of woman-kind, Since yours I faithless find, So faithless, that you can refuse To him your shadow, t' whom, to choose, Your swore you could the substance give? II Is't not enough that I must go Into another clime, Where feather-footed Time May turn my hopes into despair, My downy youth to bristled hair, But that you add this torment too? III Perchance you fear idolatry Would make the image prove A woman fit for love; Or give it such a soul as shone Through fond Pigmalion's living stone, That so I might abandon thee. IV O no! 'twould fill my Genius' room, My honest one, that when Frailty would love agen, And, falt'ring, with new objects burn, Then, Sweetest, would thy picture turn My wand'ring eyes to thee at home. | 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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