Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DISCRETION, by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Discreet? What means this word discreet? Last Line: When they're bound naked to the stake. Subject(s): Discretion; Love | ||||||||
1. DIscreet? What means this word Discreet? se on all Discretion! This barbarous term you will not meet In all Love's Lexicon. 2. Joynture, Portion, Gold, Estate, Houses, Houshold-stuffe, or Land, (The Low Conveniencies of Fate) Are Greek, no Lovers understand. 3. Believe me, beauteous one, when Love Enters into a brest, The two first things it does remove, Are Friends and Interest. 4. Passion's halfe blind, nor can endure The carefull, scrup'lous Eyes, Or else I could not love, I'me sure, One who in Love were wise. 5. Men, in such tempests tost about, Will, without griefe or paine, Cast all their goods and riches out, Themselves their Port to gaine. 6. As well might Martyrs, who do choose That sacred Death to take, Mourn for the Clothes which they must loose, When they're bound naked to the Stake. | 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 |
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