Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONGS, SET TO MUSIC BY THE MOST EMINENT MASTERS: 13, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: Love, inform thy faithful creature Last Line: Ever tortured if we're friends. Subject(s): Fidelity; Friendship; Love; Secrets; Faithfulness; Constancy | ||||||||
LOVE, inform thy faithful creature How to keep his fair one's heart; Must it be by truth of nature, Or by poor dissembling art! Tell the secret, show the wonder, How we both may gain our ends; I am lost if we're asunder, Ever tortured if we're friends. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARGUING BARTUSIAK by ALBERT GOLDBARTH THE VISIONARY by EMILY JANE BRONTE THE PROTESTATION by THOMAS CAREW A VALEDICTION: OF MY NAME IN THE WINDOW by JOHN DONNE ELEGY: 11. THE BRACELET; UPON THE LOSS OF HIS MISTRESS'S CHAIN by JOHN DONNE WOMAN'S CONSTANCY by JOHN DONNE NON SUM QUALIS ERAM BONAE SUB REGNO CYNARAE by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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