Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SYMPTOMS OF LOVE, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Would my delia know if I love, let her take Last Line: Though herself and the woman I love are the same. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
WOULD my Delia know if I love, let her take My last thought at night, and the first when I wake; When my prayers and best wishes preferred for her sake. Let her guess what I muse on, when, rambling alone, I stride o'er the stubble each day with my gun, Never ready to shoot till the covey is flown. Let her think what odd whimsies I have in my brain, When I read one page over and over again, And discover at last that I read it in vain. Let her say why so fixed and so steady my look, Without ever regarding the person who spoke, Still affecting to laugh, without hearing the joke. Or why when with pleasure her praises I hear (That sweetest of melody sure to my ear), I attend, and at once inattentive appear. And lastly, when summoned to drink to my flame, Let her guess why I never once mention her name, Though herself and the woman I love are the same. | 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 A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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