Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WALLER. OF A FAN OF THE AUTHOR'S DESIGN, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come, gentle air! Th' aeolian shepherd said Last Line: And pities procris, while her lover dies. Subject(s): Waller, Edmund (1606-1687) | ||||||||
IN WHICH WAS PAINTED THE STORY OF CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS WITH THE MOTTO, AURA VENI Come, gentle Air! th' AEolian Shepherd said, While Procris panted in the secret shade; Come, gentle Air, the fairer Delia cries, While at her feet her swain expiring lies. Lo the glad gales o'er all her beauties stray, Breathe on her lips, and in her bosom play! In Delia's hand this toy is fatal found, Nor could that fabled dart more surely wound: Both gifts destructive to the givers prove; Alike both lovers fall by those they love. Yet guiltless too this bright destroyer lives, At random wounds, nor knows the wound she gives: She views the story with attentive eyes, And pities Procris, while her lover dies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE DEATH OF WALLER by APHRA BEHN TO POET E. W.; OCCAISONED FOR HIS WRITING ... ON OLIVER CROMWELL by CHARLES COTTON AN ATTEMPT AT THE MANNER OF WALLER by WILLIAM COWPER THE SECOND ADVICE TO A PAINTER FOR DRAWING HISTORY .. NAVAL BUSYNESSE by ANDREW MARVELL IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 1. OF A LADY SINGING TO HER LUTE by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 2. OF THE LADY WOULD NOT SLEEP ... by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 3. OF HER PICTURE by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 4. OF HER SICKNESS by ALEXANDER POPE IN IMITATION OF WALLER: 5. OF HER WALKING IN A GARDEN ... by ALEXANDER POPE A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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