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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, FR. THE FAIR PENITENT, by WILLIAM CONGREVE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Ah, stay! Ah, turn! Ah, whither would you fly
Last Line: Nor casts one pitying look behind.
First Line: Ah, stay! Ah, turn! Ah, whither would you fly
Last Line: Nor casts one pitying look behind.
AH, stay! ah, turn! ah, whither would you fly,
Too charming, too relentless maid?
I follow not to conquer, but to die;
You of the fearful are afraid.
In vain I call; for she, like fleeting air,
When pressed by some tempestuous wind,
Flies swifter from the voice of my despair,
Nor casts one pitying look behind.
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