IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 6. OF HER SIGHING, by ALEXANDER POPEPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: When love would strike th' offending fair Last Line: Th' arabian coast, and waft us on our way. Subject(s): Waller, Edmund (1606-1687)
When love would strike th' offending fair, This incense bribes the god to spare; And Cytheroea now does prize No sweets but Serenissa's sighs. The yielding nymph by these confest, Encourag'd lovers seek her breast: So spicy gales at once betray Th' Arabian coast, and waft us on our way.