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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...ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS THE MOCKING-BIRD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON BILL'S LENGTH by ALEXANDER ANDERSON PSALMS 71. PRAYER AND SONG OF THE AGED CHRISTIAN by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE LONGING by INA DONNA COOLBRITH OLD COUNTRY ROADS by NELLIE I. CRABB |
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