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THE SECOND BROTHER; ACT 1, SCENE 2 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WILL YOU SLEEP THESE DARK HOURS, MAIDEN
Last Line: AND ENDS IN THOSE TWO EYES OF BLUE.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; ROYAL COURT LIFE; ROYALTY; KINGS; QUEENS;

Will you sleep these dark hours, maiden,
Beneath the vine that rested
Its slender boughs, so purply-laden,
All the day around that elm
In the mead, nightingale-nested,
Which you dark hill wears for an helm,
Pasture-robed and forest-crested?
There the night of lovely hue
Peeps the fearful branches through,
And ends in those two eyes of blue.



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