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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 3, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If so it hap this offspring of my care Last Line: Who whilst I love doth kill me with disdain. Subject(s): Love | |||
If so it hap this offspring of my care, These fatal anthems, sad and mournful songs, Come to their view who like afflicted are, Let them yet sigh their own, and moan my wrongs. But untouched hearts, with unaffected eye, Approach not to behold so great distress; Clear-sighted, you soon note what is awry, Whilst blinded ones mine errors never guess. You blinded souls whom youth and errors lead, You outcast eaglets, dazzled with your sun, Ah, you and none but you my sorrows read, You best can judge the wrongs that she hath done -- That she hath done, the motive of my pain, Who whilst I love doth kill me with disdain. | 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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