Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A LADY WHO DID SING EXCELLENTLY, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography First Line: When our rude and unfashion'd words, that long Last Line: Or only the delights which you did give? Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
WHEN our rude and unfashion'd words, that long A being in their elements enjoy'd, Senseless and void, Come at last to be formed by thy tongue, And from thy breath receive that life and place, And perfect grace, That now thy power diffus'd through all their parts Are able to remove All the obstructions of the hardest hearts, And teach the most unwilling how to love; When they again, exalted by thy voice, Tun'd by thy soul, dismiss'd into the air, To us repair, A living, moving, and harmonious noise, Able to give the love they do create A second state, And charm not only all his griefs away, And his defects restore, But make him perfect, who, the poets say, Made all was ever yet made heretofore; When again all these rare perfections meet, Composed in the circle of thy face, As in their place, So to make up of all one perfect sweet; Who is not then so ravish'd with delight Ev'n of thy sight, That he can be assur'd his sense is true, Or that he die, or live, Or that he do enjoy himself, or you, Or only the delights which you did give? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY 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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