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


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THE SERENADE; A SONG, by                    
First Line: The larks awake the drowzy morn
Last Line: For immortality.


The Larks awake the drowzy morn,
My dearest lovely Chloe rise,
And with thy dazling Rays adorn,
The ample World and Azure Skies:
Each Eye of thine out-shines the Sun,
Tho' deck'd in all his Light;
As much as he excells the Moon,
Or each small twinkling Star at Noon,
Or Meteor of the Night.

Look down and see your Beauty's power,
See, see the Heart in which you reign;
No Conquer'd Slave in Triumph bore,
Did ever wear so strong a Chain:
Feed me with Smiles that I may Live,
I'll ne'er wish to be free;
Nor ever hope for kind Reprieve,
Or Loves grateful bondage leave,
For Immortality.





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