Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by ? D' AUBRAY First Line: Past mastership in love's great art I claim Last Line: For I of womankind have loved but one. | ||||||||
PAST mastership in Love's great art I claim, A lover perfect as you e'er shall find, Proved in all Love's degrees of every kind: Is not such merit well deserving fame? A girl with eyes to set the world aflame First did my youthful heart in fetters bind; Wife, widow next, who all good gifts combine, Each in succession my delight became. The girl I loved for bashful innocence; The wife I loved for worth without pretence; The widow loved for virtuous liberty. Therefore of lovers I deserve the throne, Nor any can my constancy deny, For I of womankind have loved but one. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SNAKE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE IF WE MUST DIE by CLAUDE MCKAY POLWART ON THE GREEN by ALLAN RAMSAY THE FLYING DUTCHMAN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE BELLS OF YOUTH by WILLIAM SHARP IN SCHOOL-DAYS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |
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