Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOW LILES CAME WHITE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: White though ye be; yet lillies, know Last Line: And made ye white. Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies | ||||||||
White though ye be; yet, Lillies, know, From the first ye were not so: But Ile tell ye What befell ye; Cupid and his Mother lay In a Cloud; while both did play, He with his pretty finger prest The rubie niplet of her breast; Out of the which, the creame of light, Like to a Dew, Fell downe on you, And made ye white. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS THE SECRET GARDEN by ELEANOR WILNER THE CLOTE (WATER-LILY) by WILLIAM BARNES THE LILY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MARIPOSA LILY by INA DONNA COOLBRITH TO A LILY by JAMES MATHEWES LEGARE THE WATER-LILY by JOHN BANISTER TABB 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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