Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good men, show, if you can tell Last Line: Where pity ever yet did bide. | ||||||||
GOOD men, show, if you can tell, Where doth Human Pity dwell? Far and near her I would seek, So vexed with sorrow is my breast. 'She', they say, 'to all, is meek; And only makes th' unhappy blest.' Oh! if such a saint there be, Some hope yet remains for me: Prayer or sacrifice may gain From her implored grace relief; To release me of my pain, Or at the least to ease my grief. Young am I, and far from guile, The more is my woe the while: Falsehood with a smooth disguise My simple meaning hath abused: Casting mists before mine eyes, By which my senses are confused. Fair he is, who vowed to me That he only mine would be; But, alas, his mind is caught With every gaudy bait he sees: And too late my flame is taught That too much kindness makes men freeze. From me all my friends are gone, While I pine for him alone; And not one will rue my case, But rather my distress deride: That I think there is no place Where Pity ever yet did bide. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 10. THE DYING FALL by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12. A RENUNCIATION by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS SONG 18 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19. THE FAIRY QUEEN PROSERPINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 3. AMARYLLIS by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 4 by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 6. CORRINA by THOMAS CAMPION A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 8 by THOMAS CAMPION FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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