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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOHN SHEFFIELD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: From all uneasy passions free Last Line: Tis worth a life to die within your arms. Alternate Author Name(s): Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of | |||
FROM all uneasy passions free, Revenge, ambition, jealousy, Contented, I had been too blest, If love, and you had let me rest; Yet that dull life I now despise: Safe from your eyes I feared no griefs, but then I found no joys. Amidst a thousand kind desires, Which beauty moves, and love inspires, Such pangs I feel of tender fear, No heart so soft as mine can bear. Yet I'll defy the worst of harms; Such are your charms, 'Tis worth a life to die within your arms. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ESSAY UPON SATIRE by JOHN SHEFFIELD INCONSTANCY EXCUSED by JOHN SHEFFIELD ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR. HENRY PURCELL: THE BLUE PENCIL by JOHN SHEFFIELD ON BRUTUS, AN ODE: HEAVY GOING by JOHN SHEFFIELD ON ONE WHO DIED DISCOVERING HER KINDNESS by JOHN SHEFFIELD THE RECOVERY by JOHN SHEFFIELD |
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