Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LA BOURBON, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Divine destroyer, pity me no more Last Line: Frown death immediately. Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
Divine destroyer, pity me no more, Or else more pity me; Give me more love, ah, quickly give me more, Or else more cruelty! For left thus as I am, My heart is ice and flame; And languishing thus I Can neither live nor die! Your glories are eclipsed, and hidden in the grave Of this indifferency; And, Celia, you can neither altars have, Nor I a deity: They are aspects divine That still or smile or shine, Or like th' offended sky Frown death immediately. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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