Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE REPULSE, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not that by this disdain Last Line: That I was never blest. Subject(s): Love; Quarrels; Arguments; Disagreements | ||||||||
Not that by this disdain I am releas'd, And freed from thy tyrannick chain, Do I my self think blest; Nor that thy Flame shall burn No more; for know That I shall into ashes turn, Before this fire doth so. Nor yet that unconfin'd I now may rove, And with new beauties please my mind; But that thou ne'r didst love: For since thou hast no part Felt of this flame, I onely from thy tyrant heart Repuls'd, not banish'd am. To loose what once was mine Would grieve me more Then those inconstant sweets of thine Had pleas'd my soul before. Now I have not lost the blisse I ne'r possest; And spight of fate am blest in this, That I was never blest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE QUARREL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD DOMESDAY BOOK: CHARLES WARREN, THE SHERIFF by EDGAR LEE MASTERS OUR PRINCIPAL by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE OWEN SEAMAN; ESTABLISHES ENTENE CORDIALE IN MANNER GUY WETMORE CARRYL by LOUIS UNTERMEYER AFTER THE QUARREL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE EARLY EVENING QUARREL by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES |
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