Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MR. R.W. [ROWLAND WOODWARD] (2), by JOHN DONNE



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TO MR. R.W. [ROWLAND WOODWARD] (2), by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Muse not that by thy mind thy body is led
Last Line: Cur'd by thy charming soveraigne melodee.


Muse not that by thy mind thy body is led:
For by thy mind, my mind's distempered.
So thy Care lives long, for I bearing part
It eates not only thyne, but my swolne heart.
And when it gives us intermission
We take new harts for it to feede upon.
But as a Lay Mans Genius doth controule
Body and mind; the Muse beeing the Soules Soule
Of Poets, that methinks should ease our anguish,
Although our bodyes wither and minds languish.
Write then, that my griefes which thine got may bee
Cur'd by thy charming soveraigne melodee.





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