Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALLUSION TO THESEUS VOYAGE TO CRETE, by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) Poet Analysis First Line: My love is sail'd against dislike to fight | ||||||||
My Love is sailed, against Dislike to fight, Which, like vild monster, threatens his decay: The ship is Hope, which, by Desire's great might, Is swiftly borne towards the wished bay: The company which with my Love doth fare, Though met in one, is a dissenting crew: They are Joy, Grief, and never-sleeping Care, And Doubt, which ne'er believes good news for true Black Fear the flag is, which my ship doth bear, Which, Dear, take down, if my Love victor be: And let white Comfort in his place appear, When Love victoriously returns to me; Lest I from rock Despair come tumbling down, And in a sea of tears be forced to drown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOSCE TEIPSUM: AFFLICTION by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) NOSCE TEIPSUM: WHICH IS A PROUD, AND YET A WRETCHED THING by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) THE DANCING OF THE AIR by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) CREDO by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BY THE PACIFIC by HERBERT BASHFORD A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES GRASS FINGERS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE NATURE'S QUESTIONING by THOMAS HARDY SONG: TO CELIA by PHILOSTRATUS ECCLESIASTICAL SONNETS: PART 3: 5. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
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