Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS ON ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETS: 10. THOMAS HEYWOOD, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tom, if they loved thee best who called thee tom Last Line: The constant service of the antique world!' Subject(s): Heywood, Thomas (1574-1641) | ||||||||
TOM, if they loved thee best who called thee Tom, What else may all men call thee, seeing thus bright Even yet the laughing and the weeping light That still thy kind old eyes are kindled from? Small care was thine to assail and overcome Time and his child Oblivion: yet of right Thy name has part with names of lordlier might For English love and homely sense of home, Whose fragrance keeps thy small sweet bay-leaf young And gives it place aloft among thy peers Whence many a wreath once higher strong Time has hurled: And this thy praise is sweet on Shakespeare's tongue -- 'O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A BALLAD OF LIFE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A CAMEO by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A CHRISTMAS CAROL by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A FORSAKEN GARDEN by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A LEAVE-TAKING by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A MATCH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE A RHYME by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE ANACTORIA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE AVE ATQUE VALE; IN MEMORY OF CHARLES BAUDELAIRE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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