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LOVE POEMS: 5 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: DEEP ARE THE WOUNDS WHICH STRIKE A VIRTUOUS NAME
Last Line: WHOSE DARTS, WOUNDS, FLAMES, AND FROWNS, MEET ALL IN ME.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS;

DEEP are the wounds which strike a virtuous name,
Sharp are the darts Revenge still sets on wing:
Consuming Jealousy's abhorred flame!
Deadly the frowns of an enraged king.
Yet all these to Disdain's heart-searching string,Deep, sharp, consuming,
deadly, nothing be,
Whose darts, wounds, flames, and frowns, meet all in me.



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