Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 28, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reprove not love, though fondly thou hast lost Last Line: Receives her due increase. Subject(s): Love – Nature Of; Beauty | ||||||||
REPROVE not love, though fondly thou hast lost Greater hopes by loving: Love calms ambitious spirits, from their breasts Danger oft removing: Let lofty humours mount up on high, Down again like to the wind, While private thoughts, vowed to love, More peace and pleasure find. Love and sweet beauty makes the stubborn mild, And the coward fearless; The wretched miser's care to bounty turns, Cheering all things cheerless. Love chains the earth and heaven, Turns the spheres, guides the years in endless peace; The flowery earth through his power Receives her due increase. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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