Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A FLY THAT FLEW INTO MY MISTRESS HER EYE, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When this fly liv'd she us'd to play Last Line: Funeral, flame, tomb, obsequy. Subject(s): Flies | ||||||||
WHEN this fly liv'd, she us'd to play In the sunshine all the day; Till, coming near my Celia's sight, She found a new and unknown light, So full of glory as it made The noonday sun a gloomy shade. Then this amorous fly became My rival, and did court my flame; She did from hand to bosom skip, And from her breath, her cheek, and lip, Suck'd all the incense and the spice, And grew a bird of paradise. At last into her eye she flew, There scorch'd in flames and drown'd in dew, Like Phaëton from the sun's sphere, She fell, and with her dropp'd a tear, Of which a pearl was straight compos'd, Wherein her ashes lie enclos'd. Thus she receiv'd from Celia's eye Funeral, flame, tomb, obsequy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FLY, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE BLUE-FLY by ROBERT RANKE GRAVES A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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