Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOHN DOWLAND Poet's Biography First Line: If floods of tears could cleanse my follies past Last Line: That favours, hopes, and words can blind no more. Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
IF floods of tears could cleanse my follies past And smokes of sighs might sacrifice for sin, If groaning cries might salve my fault at last, Or endless moan, for error pardon win, Then would I cry, weep sigh, and ever moan, Mine errors, faults, sins, follies, past and gone. I see my hopes must wither in their bud, I see my favours are no lasting flowers, I see that words will breed no better good Than loss of time and lightening but at hours: Thus when I see, then thus I say, therefore That favours, hopes, and words can blind no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL |
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