Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PASTORAL ODE, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Coy coelia, dost thou see Last Line: Lest I take heat from thee, and so revive. | ||||||||
COY Coelia, dost thou see Yon hollow mountain tottering o'er the plain, O'er which a fatal tree With treacherous shade betrays the sleepy swain? Beneath it is a cell, As full of horror as my breast of care: Ruin therein might dwell, As a fit room for guilt and black despair. Thence will I headlong throw This wretched weight, this heap of misery, And in the dust below Bury my carcase and the thought of thee: Which when I finish'd have, O, hate me dead, as thou hast done alive; And come not near my grave, Lest I take heat from thee, and so revive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD [TO HASTEN HIM INTO COUNTRY] by THOMAS RANDOLPH UPON HIS PICTURE by THOMAS RANDOLPH A CHARACTER by THOMAS RANDOLPH A COMPLAINT AGAINST CUPID, THAT HE NEVER MADE HIM IN LOVE by THOMAS RANDOLPH A DIALOGUE BETWIXT A NYMPH AND A SHEPHERD by THOMAS RANDOLPH A MASK FOR LYDIA by THOMAS RANDOLPH A PARENETICON TO THE TRULY NOBLE GENTLEMAN MASTER ENDYMION PORTER by THOMAS RANDOLPH A PARLEY WITH HIS EMPTY PURSE by THOMAS RANDOLPH A PASTORAL COURTSHIP by THOMAS RANDOLPH |
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