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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 18, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Restore thy treasure [or, tresses] to the golden ore Last Line: So shalt thou cease to plague, and I to pain. Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Love; Mythology | |||
Restore thy tresses to the golden ore, Yield Cytherea's son those arcs of love; Bequeath the heav'ns the stars that I adore, And to the orient do thy pearls remove. Yield thy hands' pride unto the ivory white, T' Arabian odours give thy breathing sweet; Restore thy blush unto Aurora bright, To Thetis give the honor of thy feet. Let Venus have thy graces, her resigned, And thy sweet voice give back unto the spheres; But yet restore thy fierce and cruel mind To Hyrcan tigers and to ruthless bears; Yield to the marble thy hard heart again; So shalt thou cease to plague, and I to pain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BEDTIME READING FOR THE UNBORN CHILD by KHALED MATTAWA EAST OF CARTHAGE: AN IDYLL by KHALED MATTAWA SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 7 by CONRAD AIKEN VICARIOUS ATONEMENT by RICHARD ALDINGTON NOTHING ABOUT THE MOMENT by LUCILLE CLIFTON VENUS IN A GARDEN by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON AN OFFERING FOR TARA by GARY SNYDER |
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