Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CORIDON ON THE DEATH OF HIS DEAR ALEXIS, OB. JAN. 28, 1682/3, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Alexis! Dear alexis! Lovely boy! Last Line: For what my sighs and pray'rs can ne'er retrieve? Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
ALEXIS! dear Alexis! lovely boy! O my Damon! O Palaemon! snatch'd away, To some far distant region gone, Has left the miserable Coridon Bereft of all his comforts, all alone! Have you not seen my gentle lad, Whom every swain did love, Cheerful, when every swain was sad, Beneath the melancholy grove? His face was beauteous as the dawn of day, Broke through the gloomy shades of night: O my anguish! my delight! Him (ye kind shepherds) I bewail, Till my eyes and heart shall fail. 'Tis He that's landed on that distant shore, And you and I shall see him here no more. Return, Alexis! O return! Return, return, in vain I cry; Poor Coridon shall never cease to mourn Thy too untimely, cruel destiny. Farewell for ever, charming boy! And with Thee, all the transports of my joy! Ye powers above, why should I longer live, To waste a few uncomfortable years, To drown myself in tears, For what my sighs and pray'rs can ne'er retrieve? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AN APPEAL TO CATS IN THE BUSINESS OF LOVE; SONG by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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