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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WAITING-MAID (SUSPECTED TO LOVE HER), by ABRAHAM COWLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Thy maid? Ah, find some nobler theme
Last Line: I pray to her, onely to pray to thee.
First Line: Thy maid? Ah, find some nobler theme
Last Line: I pray to her, onely to pray to thee.
1.
THY Mayd? ah, find some nobler theme
Whereon thy doubts to place;
Nor by a low suspect blaspheme
The glories of thy face.
2.
Alas, she makes Thee shine so faire
So exquisitely bright,
That her dim Lamp must disappeare
Before thy potent Light.
3.
Three hours each morne in dressing Thee,
Maliciously are spent;
And make that Beauty Tyranny,
That's else a Civill Government.
4.
The adorning thee with so much art,
Is but a barbarous skill;
'Tis like the poys'ning of a Dart
Too apt before to kill.
5.
The Ministring Angells none can see;
'Tis not their beauty 'or face,
For which by men they worshipt be;
But their high office and their place.
Thou art my Goddesse, my Saint, Shee:
I pray to Her, onely to pray to Thee.
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