Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVING AND BELOVED, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: There never yet was honest man Last Line: Loves triumph, must be honours funeral. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of | ||||||||
There never yet was honest man That ever drove the trade of love; It is impossible, nor can Integrity our ends promove: For Kings and Lovers are alike in this That their chief art in reigne dissembling is. Here we are lov'd, and there we love, Good nature now and passion strive Which of the two should be above, And laws unto the other give. So we false fire with art sometime discover, And the true fire with the same art do cover. What Rack can Fancy find so high? Here we must Court, and here ingage, Though in the other place we die. O! 'tis torture all, and cozenage; And which the harder is I cannot tell, To hide true love, or make false love looke well. Since it is thus, God of desire, Give me my honesty again, And take thy brands back, and thy fire; I'm weary of the State I'm in: Since (if the very best should now befal) Loves Triumph, must be Honours Funeral. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RESCUE THE DEAD by DAVID IGNATOW BUTTERFLIES UNDER PERSIMMON by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 27 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 30 by JAMES JOYCE HE WHO KNOWS LOVE by ELSA BARKER LOVE'S HUMBLENESS by ELSA BARKER SONG (IN THE LUCKY CHANCE) by APHRA BEHN A BALLAD UPON A WEDDING by JOHN SUCKLING A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING |
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