Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODE; TO CHLORIS, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair and cruel, still in vain Last Line: Love or death should set me free. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I FAIR and Cruel, still in vain Must I adore, still, still persevere, Languish still, and still complain, And yet a med'cine for my fever Never, never must obtain? II Chloris, how are you to blame, To him that dies, to be so cruel Not to stay my falling frame, Since your fair eyes do dart the fuel That still nourishes my flame? III Shade those glories of thine eye, Or let their influence be milder, Beauty, and disdain destroy Alike, and make our passions wilder, Either let me live or die. IV I have lov'd thee (let me see; Lord, how long a time of loving!) Years no less than three times three, Still my flame and pain improving, Yet still paid with cruelty. V What more wouldst thou have of me? Surely I've serv'd a pretty season, And so prov'd my constancy, That methinks it is but reason Love or Death should set me free. | 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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