Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unhappy I, in whom no joy appears Last Line: Those clouds which shed their rain, and weep for her. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock | ||||||||
UNHAPPY I, in whom no joy appears, And but for sorrow of all else forlorn; Mishaps increasing faster than my years, As I to grieve and die were only born. Dark sullen night is my too tedious day; In it I labour when all others rest, And wear in discontent those hours away, Which make some less deserving greater blest. The rose-cheek'd morn I hate, because it brings A sad remembrance of my fairer fair, From whose dear grave arise continual springs, Whose misty vapours cloud the lightsome air. And only now I to my love prefer Those clouds which shed their rain, and weep for her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) VISIONS: 4. A ROSE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) VISIONS: 5 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) WELCOME by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) A ROUND by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AMOUR by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM HOPTON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON SIR THOMAS OVERBURY; POISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THOMAS AYLEWORTH, SLAIN AT CROYDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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