I see my plaint with open ears Is heard, alas, and laughing eyes. I see that scorn beholds my tears And all the harm hap can devise. I see my life away so wears That I myself myself despise. And most of all wherewith I strive Is that I see myself alive. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF THE LAST VERSES IN THE BOOK by EDMUND WALLER THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: TRANSLATION by CAIUS PEDO ALBINOVANUS SATIRE: 6 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS I DID NOT ASK OF LIFE by ALICE BAKER PSALM 96 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE SONG BY JULIUS BRENZAIDA by EMILY JANE BRONTE |