Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RETREAT, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am return'd, my fair, but see Last Line: Nor seek impossibilities. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
I I AM return'd, my Fair, but see Perfection in none but thee: Yet many Beauties have I seen, And in that search a truant been, Through fruitless curiosity. II I've been to see each blear-ey'd star, Fond men durst with thy light compare; And, to my admiration, find, That all, but I, in Love are blind, And none but thee, divinely fair. III Here then I fix, and now grown wise, All objects, but thy face, despise, (Taught by my folly) now I swear, If you forgive me, ne'er to err, Nor seek impossibilities. | 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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