Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO VIRGINS, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hear, ye virgins, and I'll teach Last Line: Gifts will get ye, or the man. Subject(s): Youth | ||||||||
HEAR, ye virgins, and I'll teach What the times of old did preach. Rosamond was in a bower Kept, as Danae, in a tower; But yet Love, who subtle is. Crept to that, and came to this. Be ye locked up like to these, Or the rich Hesperides: Or those babies in your eyes, In their crystal nunneries; Notwithstanding, love will win, Or else force a passage in; And as coy be as you can, Gifts will get ye, or the man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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