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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVITES HIS NYMPH TO HIS COTTAGE, by PHILIP AYRES Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: On yon hill's top which this sweet plain commands Last Line: Thy powers of love, or this my amorous flame. Subject(s): Love; Seduction | |||
ON yon hill's top which this sweet plain commands, Fair Cynthia, all alone my cottage stands, 'Gainst storms, and scorching heats well fortified, With pines, and spreading oaks on ev'ry side. My lovely garden too adjoining lies, Of sweetest flowers, and of the richest dyes: The tulip, jas'min, emony, and rose, Of which we'll garlands for thy head compose. Nature to make my fountain, did its part, Which ever flows without the help of Art, A faithful mirror shall its waters be, Where thou may'st sit beneath a shady tree, Admiring what above the World I prize, Thyself, the object of thine own fair eyes; And which is greatest let the Spring proclaim, Thy powers of love, or this my amorous flame. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RED TURTLENECK by KAREN SWENSON THE WILLING MISTRESS by APHRA BEHN FOURTH BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 18. THE CHARM by THOMAS CAMPION THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 23 by THOMAS CAMPION THE DARK-EYED GENTLEMAN by THOMAS HARDY THE FAIR SINGER by ANDREW MARVELL THE MAIMED DEBAUCHEE by JOHN WILMOT ON A FAIR BEGGAR by PHILIP AYRES |
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