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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 9, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If this be love, to draw a weary breath Last Line: Oh, then love I, and draw this weary breath. Subject(s): Love | |||
If this be love, to draw a weary breath, Paint on floods, till the shore, cry to the air; With downward looks still reading on the earth The sad memorials of my love's despair; If this be love, to war against my soul, Lie down to wail, rise up to sigh and grieve me; The never-resting stone of care to roll, Still to complain my griefs, and none relieve me; If this be love, to clothe me with dark thoughts, Haunting untrodden paths to wail apart; My pleasures, horror; music, tragic notes; Tears in my eyes, and sorrow at my heart; If this be love, to live a living death, Oh, then love I, and draw this weary breath. | 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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