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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCILLA'S METAMORPHOSIS: MELANCHOLY, by THOMAS LODGE Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The earth, late choked with showers Last Line: I sad and pensive wholly. Subject(s): Country Life; Love; Melancholy; Dejection | |||
The earth, late choked with showers, Is now arrayed in green, Her bosom springs with flowers, The air dissolves her teen; The heavens laugh at her glory, Yet bide I sad and sorry. The woods are decked with leaves, And trees are clothéd gay, And Flora crowned with sheaves, With oaken boughs doth play; Where I am clad in black, The token of my wrack. The birds upon the trees Do sing with pleasant voices, And chant in their degrees Their loves and lucky choices; When I, whilst they are singing, With sighs mine arms am wringing. The thrushes seek the shade, And I my fatal grave; Their flight to heaven is made, My walk on earth I have; They free, I thrall; they jolly, I sad and pensive wholly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BALLAD OF THE LADIES OF OLDEN TIMES by FRANCOIS VILLON THE FOUR HUMOURS by RAFAEL CAMPO DEJECTION by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THE DEATH OF THE FLOWERS by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT DEJECTION: AN ODE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE MELANCHOLIA by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL, FR. ROSALIND [ROSALYNDE] by THOMAS LODGE |
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