Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 21, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where shall I refuge seek, if you refuse me? Last Line: My only grief and kindness pity need! Subject(s): Courtship; Anxiety | ||||||||
WHERE shall I refuge seek, if you refuse me? In you my hope, in you my fortune lies, In you my life! though you unjust accuse me, My service scorn, and merit underprize: O bitter grief! that exile is become Reward for faith, and pity deaf and dumb! Why should my firmness find a seat so wavering? My simple vows, my love you entertained; Without desert the same again disfav'ring; Yet I my word and passion hold unstained. O wretched me! that my chief joy should breed My only grief and kindness pity need! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LIFE OF TOWNS: ANNA TOWN by ANNE CARSON IT JUST SO HAPPENS by JAMES GALVIN TURN OFF THE NEWS by ANSELM HOLLO THE LOVE POEMS OF MARICHIKO: 37 by KENNETH REXROTH IN THE TAXI TO THE MRI by RACHEL HADAS IN MY SON'S ROOM, NOT SLEEPING by RACHEL HADAS ANXIETY'S PROSODY by ARCHIE RANDOLPH AMMONS A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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