Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 38, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What is a day, what is a year Last Line: Our souls are in heaven placed. Subject(s): Time | ||||||||
WHAT is a day, what is a year Of vain delight and pleasure? Like to a dream it endless dies, And from us like a vapour flies: And this is all the fruit that we find, Which glory in worldly treasure. He that will hope for true delight, With virtue must be graced; Sweet folly yields a bitter taste, Which ever will appear at last: But if we still in virtue delight, Our souls are in heaven placed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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