Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EXPOSTULATION, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have I lov'd my fair so long Last Line: To cruel and untimely end. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I HAVE I lov'd my Fair so long, Six Olympiads at least, And to youth and beauty's wrong, On virtue's single interest, To be at last with scorn oppress'd? II Have I lov'd that space so true, Without looking once awry, Lest I might prove false to you, To whom I vow'd fidelity, To be repay'd with cruelty? III Were you not, oh Sweet! confess, Willing to be so belov'd? Favour gave my flame increase, By which it still aspiring mov'd, And had gone out, if disapprov'd. IV Whence then can this change proceed? Say; or whither does it tend? That false heart will one day bleed, When it has brought so true a friend To cruel and untimely end. | 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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