Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 3. AMARYLLIS, by THOMAS CAMPION Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I care not for these ladies, / that must be wooed and prayed Last Line: She never will say no. Subject(s): Courtship; Love; Virginity; Vestals | ||||||||
I care not for these ladies, That must be wooed and prayed: Give me kind Amaryllis, The wanton country maid. Nature art disdaineth, Her beauty is her own. Her when we court and kiss, She cries, "Forsooth, let go!" But when we come where comfort is, She never will say no. If I love Amaryllis, She gives me fruit and flowers: But if we love these ladies, We must give golden showers. Give them gold, that sell love, Give me the nut-brown lass, Who, when we court and kiss, She cries, "Forsooth, let go!" But when we come where comfort is, She never will say no. These ladies must have pillows, And beds by strangers wrought; Give me a bower of willows, Of moss and leaves unbought, And fresh Amaryllis, With milk and honey fed; Who, when we court and kiss, She cries, "Forsooth, let go!" But when we come where comfort is, She never will say no. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TYRANNICK [TYRANNIC] LOVE: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN ADVICE TO YOUNG LADIES by ALEC DERWENT HOPE AFTER THE PLEASURE PARTY by HERMAN MELVILLE ON THE MARRIAGE OF A VIRGIN by DYLAN THOMAS ON THE VIRGINITY OF THE VIRGIN MARY AND JOHANNA SOUTHCOTT by WILLIAM BLAKE JULIET TO ROSALINE by GORDON BOTTOMLEY A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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