Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOVER'S CLOCK - THE SIEGE, by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: That none beguiled be by time's quick flowing Last Line: And what you best like. Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
That none beguiled be by times quick flowing, Lovers have in their hearts a clock still going; For though time be nimble, his motions Are quicker And thicker Where love hath his notions: Hope is the main-spring on which moves desire, And these do the less wheels, Fear, Joy, inspire; The ballance is thought, evermore Clicking And striking, And ne're giving o're. Occasion's the hand which still's moving round, Till by it the critical hour may be found, And when that falls out, it will strike Kisses, Strange blisses, And what you best like. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND 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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