Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS, by HENRY VAUGHAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Vain, sinful art! Who first did fit Last Line: She tempts to incest, thou to blood. Alternate Author Name(s): Silurist Subject(s): Bible; Religion; Theology | ||||||||
Vain, sinful art! who first did fit Thy lewd loathed motions unto sounds, And made grave music like wild wit Err in loose airs beyond her bounds? What fires hath he heaped on his head? Since to his sins (as needs it must) His art adds still (though he be dead) New fresh accounts of blood and lust. Leave then young sorceress; the ice Will those coy spirits cast asleep, Which teach thee now to please his eyes Who doth thy loathsome mother keep. But thou hast pleased so well, he swears, And gratifies thy sin with vows: His shameless lust in public wears, And to thy soft arts strongly bows. Skilful enchantress and true bred! Who out of evil can bring forth good? Thy mother's nets in thee were spread, She tempts to incest, thou to blood. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES |
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