Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARK ANTONY, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Whenas the nightingale chanted her vespers Last Line: With the fair egyptian queen. Subject(s): Antony, Marc (83-30 B.c.); Marcus Antonius; Anthony, Mark | ||||||||
WHEN as the nightingale chanted her vespers, And the wild forester couched on the ground, Venus invited me in th' evening whispers Unto a fragrant field with roses crowned, Where she before had sent My wishes' compliment; Unto my heart's content Played with me on the green. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. First on her cherry cheeks I mine eyes feasted, Thence fear of surfeiting made me retire: Next on her warmer lips, which, when I tasted, My duller spirits made active as fire. Then we began to dart, Each at another's heart, Arrows that knew no smart, Sweet lips and smiles between. Never Mark, &c. Wanting a glass to plait her amber tresses Which like a bracelet rich decked mine arm, Gaudier than Juno wears when as she graces Jove with embraces more stately than warm, Then did she peep in mine Eyes' humour crystalline; I in her eyes was seen As if we one had been. Never Mark, &c. Mystical grammar of amorous glances; Feeling of pulses, the physic of love; Rhetorical courtings and musical dances; Numbering of kisses arithmetic prove; Eyes like astronomy; Straight-limbed geometry; In her art's ingeny Our wits were sharp and keen. Never Mark Antony Dallied more wantonly With the fair Egyptian Queen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ORGANIZATION MEN IN AFFLUENT SOCIETY by KENNETH REXROTH TO MARK ANTHONY IN HEAVEN by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ANTONY AND [OR, TO] CLEOPATRA by WILLIAM HAINES LYTLE THE AUTHOR'S MOCK SONG TO MARK ANTONY by JOHN CLEVELAND THE FESTAL HOUR by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE LAST BANQUET OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA; AN ANECDOTE FROM PLUTARCH by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON ANTONY IN EGYPT by ARTHUR PETERSON VALENTINE by JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE TO THE MEMORY OF BEN JONSON by JOHN CLEVELAND A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO ZEALOTS UPON THE &C. IN THE OATH by JOHN CLEVELAND |
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