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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAYBREAK, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Stay, phoebus, stay, and cool thy flaming head Last Line: Imprisoning so in clouds thy tell tale face. Subject(s): Love | |||
I STAY, Phaebus, stay, and cool thy flaming head In the green bosom of thy liquid bed: Betray not, with thine envious light, Th' embraces of an happy night; For her fair blushes, if thou dar'st to rise, Will, by eclipse, hoodwink thy saucy eyes: II Lest lovers do upbraid thy beamy Car, With the pale glory of th' inferior star, And henceforth dare to say, in scorn, Sol's ray is wain'd to Phaebe's horn, And, for his treason to a Lover's bliss, Suffers Actaeon's Metamorphosis. III Why should we rise t' adore the rising Sun, And leave the rites to greater lights undone? Or quit her warm, and spicy nest, Because the morn peeps through the East, To scorch in thy rude flames, to toil, and sweat, When in Love's fire we melt without thy heat? IV When from my passionate embraces she Springs, as asham'd to be surpris'd by thee, The pillow's furrow'd brows descry A wrath for thy discovery, Swell, and wax pale at thy insulting height, For rage to be depriv'd of her dear weight. V Then stay, or lash thy pamper'd horses still, To shew a swift obedience to her will, And blushing, bow as low as night, Lest I pursue thee, by thy light, And lock the morning doors to stop thy race, Imprisoning so in clouds thy tell tale face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 2 by CHARLES COTTON |
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