Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG TO MY MISTRESS, I BURNING IN LOVE, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I burn, and cruel you in vain Last Line: Till you burn, as well as I. Subject(s): Desire; Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
I BURN, and cruel you in vain Hope to quench me with disdain; If from your eyes those sparkles came That have kindled all this flame, What boots it me, though now you shroud Those fierce comets in a cloud? Since all the flames that I have felt Could your snow yet never melt: Nor can your snow, though you should take Alps into your bosom, slake The heat of my enamour'd heart. But, with wonder, learn Love's art: No seas of ice can cool desire, Equal flames must quench Love's fire. Then think not that my heat can die, Till you burn, as well as I. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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