Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG, by THOMAS D'URFEY


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A SONG, by                    
First Line: Boast no more fond love, thy power
Last Line: Ah, hard fate, that I must loose her.


Boast no more fond Love, thy Power,
Mingling Passions sweet and sower;
Bow to Caelia, show thy Duty,
Caelia sways the World of Beauty:
Venus now must kneel before her,
And admiring Crowds adore her.

Like the Sun that gilds the Morning,
Caelia shines, but more adorning;
She like Fate, can wound a Lover,
Goddess like too, can recover:
She can Kill, or save from dying,
The Transported Soul is flying.

Sweeter than the blooming Rose is,
Whiter than the falling Snow is;
Then such Eyes the Great Creator
Chose as Lamps to kindle Nature;
Curst is he that can refuse her,
Ah, hard Fate, that I must loose her.





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