Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS MISERY IN A MISTRESSE, by ROBERT HERRICK


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

HIS MISERY IN A MISTRESSE, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Water, water I espie
Last Line: Of those girles, which cruell are.
Subject(s): Love - Complaints


Water, Water I espie:
Come, and coole ye; all who frie
In your loves; but none as I.

Though a thousand showres be
Still a falling, yet I see
Not one drop to light on me.

Happy you, who can have seas
For to quench ye, or some ease
From your kinder Mistresses.

I have one, and she alone,
Of a thousand thousand known,
Dead to all compassion.

Such an one, as will repeat
Both the cause, and make the heat
More by Provocation great.

Gentle friends, though I despaire
Of my cure, doe you beware
Of those Girles, which cruell are.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net