Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON THE BLACK SPOTS WORN BY MY LADY D.E., by JOHN SUCKLING Poet's Biography First Line: I know your heart cannot so guilty be Last Line: Your face would wear not patches, but a cloud. Subject(s): Beauty Marks | ||||||||
MADAM, I know your heart cannot so guilty be, That you should wear those spots for vanity; Or, as your beauty's trophies, put on one For every murther which your eyes have done: No, they're your mourning-weeds for hearts forlorn, Which, though you must not love, you could not scorn; To whom since cruel honour doth deny Those joys could only cure their misery, Yet you this noble way to grace them found, Whilst thus your grief their martyrdom hath crown'd, Of which take heed you prove not prodigal; For if to every common funeral By your eyes martyr'd, such grace were allow'd, Your face would wear not patches, but a cloud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SUPPLEMENT OF AN IMPERFECT COPY OF VERSES OF MR. WILL. SHAKESPEARE'S by JOHN SUCKLING UPON MY LADY CARLISLE'S WALKING IN HAMPTON COURT GARDEN by JOHN SUCKLING A PEDLAR OF SMALL-WARES by JOHN SUCKLING A PROLOGUE OF THE AUTHOR'S TO A MASQUE AT WHITTON by JOHN SUCKLING |
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