Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS LOVED SON, NAT. FIELD, AND HIS WEATHER-COCK WOMAN, by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To many forms, as well as many ways Last Line: Wit, turned to everything, proves stay in all. Subject(s): Field, Nathaniel (1587-1633) | ||||||||
To many forms, as well as many ways, Thy active muse turns like thy acted woman: In which dispraised inconstancy turns praise; Th' addition being, and grace of Homer's seaman, In this life's rough seas tossed, yet still the same: So turns thy wit, inconstancy to stay, And stay t' inconstancy. And as swift Fame Grows as she goes, in Fame so thrive thy play, And thus to standing turn thy woman's fall: Wit, turned to everything, proves stay in all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL FOOLS by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) BUSSY D'AMBOIS by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) THE CONSPIRACY OF CHARLES, DUKE OF BYRON by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) THE DUKE OF BYRON IS CONDEMNED TO DEATH by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) THE REVENGE OF BUSSY D'AMBOIS by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) THE TRAGEDY OF CHARLES, DUKE OF BYRON by GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634) CHAMBER MUSIC: 2 by JAMES JOYCE DOCTOR FELL by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS ODES: BOOK 1: ODE 16. TO CALEB HARDINGE, M.D. by MARK AKENSIDE GOLDEN HILL by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 5. BY LITTLE AND LITTLE by PHILIP AYRES THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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