Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS MISTRIS TO HIM AT HIS FARWELL, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You may vow ile not forgett Last Line: My lipps shall send a 1000 back to you. Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation | ||||||||
You may vow Ile not forgett To pay the debt, Which to thy Memorie stands as due As faith can seale It you; Take then tribute of my teares, So long as I haue feares To prompt mee, I shall euer Languish and looke but thy returne see neuer. Oh then to lessen my dispaire Print thy lips into the ayre, So by this Meanes I may kisse thy kisse, When as some kinde Winde Shall hither waft it, and in leiu My lipps shall send a 1000 back to you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EVENING OF THE MIND by DONALD JUSTICE CHRISTMAS AWAY FROM HOME by JANE KENYON THE PROBLEM by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN THIS UNMENTIONABLE FEELING by DAVID LEHMAN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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