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


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SONG, by                    
First Line: Bright was the morning, cool the air
Last Line: I never shall have rest.


Bright was the morning, cool the Air
Serene was all the Sky
When on the Waves I left my Fair,
The Center of my Joy;
Heaven and Nature smiling were,
And nothing sad but I;
Each Rosie Field its odour spred
All fragrant was the shore
Each River God rose from his Bed,
And sighing own'd her Pow'r;
Curling their Waves, they deck'd their Steeds
As proud of what they bore.
Glide on ye Waters, bear these Lines,
And tell her how opprest;
Bear all my Sighs, ye gentle Winds
And waft them to her Breast.
Tell her if e'er she prove unkind,
I never shall have rest.






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