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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASTROPHEL AND STELLA: 74, by PHILIP SIDNEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I never drank of aganippe's well Last Line: My lips are sweet, inspired with stella's kiss. Subject(s): Love | |||
I NEVER drank of Aganippe's well, Nor ever did in shade of Tempe sit, And Muses scorn with vulgar brains to dwell; Poor layman I, for sacred rites unfit, Some do I hear of poets' fury tell, But, God wot, wot not what they mean by it; And this I swear by blackest brook of hell, I am no pick-purse of another's wit. How falls it then, that with so smooth an ease My thoughts I speak; and what I speak doth flow In verse, and that my verse best wits doth please? Guess we the cause? What, is it this: Fie, no. Or so? Much less. How then? Sure thus it is, My lips are sweet, inspired with Stella's kiss. | 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 ARCADIA: SESTINA by PHILIP SIDNEY |
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