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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 34, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When winter snows upon thy sable [or, golden] hairs Last Line: They will remain, and so thou canst not die. Subject(s): Love | |||
When winter snows upon thy golden hairs, And frost of age hath nipped thy flowers near; When dark shall seem thy day that never clears, And all lies withered that was held so dear: Then take this picture which I here present thee, Limned with a pencil not all unworthy; Here see the gifts that God and nature lent thee; Here read thyself, and what I suffered for thee. This may remain thy lasting monument, Which happily posterity may cherish; These colors with thy fading are not spent; These may remain when thou and I shall perish. If they remain, then thou shalt live thereby; They will remain, and so thou canst not die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD |
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