Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON ONE, WHO SAID, HE DRANK TO CLEAR HIS EYES, by CHARLES COTTON


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

ON ONE, WHO SAID, HE DRANK TO CLEAR HIS EYES, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: As phoebus, crawling to his western seat
Last Line: He'd scap'd the tree, and drunk to clear his eyes.
Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Drunkards; Alcohol Abuse


As Phoebus, crawling to his Western seat,
His shining face bedew'd with beamy sweat,
His flaming eyes at last grown blood-shot red,
By atoms sprung from his hot horses' speed,
Drives to that sea-green bosom of his Love's,
And in her lap his fainting light improves;

So Thyrsis, when at th' unresisted flame
Of thy fair Mistress's eye, thine dull became,
In sovereign sack thou did'st an eye-salve seek,
And stol'st a blest dew from her rosy cheek:
When straight thy lids a cheerful vigour wore,
More quick and penetrating than before.

I saw the sprightly grape in glory rise,
And with her day thy drooping night surprise,
So that, where now a giddy darkness dwells,
Brightness now breaks through liquid spectacles.

Had Adam known this cure in Paradise,
He'd scap'd the Tree, and drunk to clear his eyes.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net