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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN A MYRTLE SHADE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When should I be bound to thee Last Line: And grey hairs are on my head. Subject(s): Aging; Bible; Myrtle Trees; Mythology; Religion; Theology | |||
When should I be bound to thee, O my lovely myrtle tree? Love, free love, cannot be bound To any tree that grows on the ground. Oh how sick and weary I Underneath my myrtle lie, Like to dung upon the ground, Underneath my myrtle bound. Oft my myrtle signed in vain, To behold my heavy chain. Oft my father saw us sigh, And laughed at our simplicity. So I smote him, and his gore Stained the roots my myrtle bore; But the time of youth is fled, And grey hairs are on my head. | 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 A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY A CRADLE SONG by WILLIAM BLAKE |
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