Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANOTHER SONNET TO BLACK IT SELF, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Thou black, wherein all colours are compos'd Last Line: All revelation unto man denies. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Variant Title(s): Sonnet To Black It Self Subject(s): Black (color) | ||||||||
THOU Black, wherein all colours are compos'd, And unto which they all at last return; Thou colour of the sun where it doth burn, And shadow where it cools; in thee is clos'd Whatever Nature can, or hath dispos'd In any other hue: from thee do rise Those tempers and complexions which, disclos'd As parts of thee, do work as mysteries Of that thy hidden power; when thou dost reign, The characters of fate shine in the skies, And tell us what the Heavens do ordain: But when earth's common light shines to our eyes, Thou so retir'st thyself that thy disdain All revelation unto man denies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GRADATIONS OF BLACK (THIRD FLOOR, WHITNEY MUSEUM) by JOHN UPDIKE ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 7 by PHILIP SIDNEY MY BLINDNESS by HERMAN J. D. CARTER SONNET OF BLACK BEAUTY by EDWARD HERBERT THE BROWN BEAUTY by EDWARD HERBERT ON ELLEN GOING WRONG by WINIFRED VIRGINIA JACKSON BLACK PINE TREE IN AN ORANGE LIGHT by SYLVIA PLATH AN ODE UPON A QUESTION WHETHER LOVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER by EDWARD HERBERT DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT EPITAPH FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, AT ST. PAUL'S WITHOUT A MONUMENT ... by EDWARD HERBERT |
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