Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ANSWER TO CLOE JEALOUS, by MATTHEW PRIOR


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First Line: Yes, fairest proof of beauty's power
Last Line: Who, dying thus, persists to love thee.
Subject(s): Beauty; Jealousy; Nature; Tears; Youth


YES, fairest proof of Beauty's power,
Dear idol of my panting heart,
Nature points this my fatal hour:
And I have lived, -- and we must part.

While now I take my last adieu,
Heave thou no sigh, nor shed a tear;
Lest yet my half-closed eye may view
On earth an object worth its care.

From Jealousy's tormenting strife
For ever be thy bosom freed;
That nothing may disturb thy life,
Content I hasten to the dead.

Yet when some better-fated youth
Shall with his amorous parley move thee:
Reflect one moment on his truth
Who, dying thus, persists to love thee.





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