Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG (2); SET BY MR. COLEMAN, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Bring back my comfort, and return Last Line: Destroy my tedious day, my longing night. Subject(s): Coleman, Edward (d. 1669); Love | ||||||||
I BRING back my comfort, and return, For well thou know'st that I In such a vigorous passion burn, That missing thee, I die. Return, return, insult no more, Return, return, and me restore To those sequester'd joys I had before. II Absence, in most, that quenches love, And cools the warm desire, The ardour of my heat improves, And makes the flame aspire; Th' opinion therefore I deny, And term it, though a tyranny, The nurse to Faith, and Truth, and Constancy. III Yet Dear, I do not urge thy stay, That were to prove unjust To my desires; nor court delay: But ah! thy speed I must; Then bring me back the stol'n delight Snatch't from me in thy speedy flight, Destroy my tedious day, my longing night. | 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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