Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Good night, my love, may gentle rest Last Line: Who dies for you can do no more. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
GOOD night, my Love, may gentle rest Charm up your senses till the light, Whilst I with care and woe opprest, Go to inhabit endless night. There, whilst your eyes shall grace the day, I must in the despairing shade, Sigh such a woeful time away, As never yet poor Lover had. Yet to this endless solitude There is one dangerous step to pass, To one that loves your sight, so rude, As flesh and blood is loth to pass. But I will take it to express I worthily your favours wore, Your merits (Sweet) can claim no less, Who dies for you can do no more. | 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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