Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO DELIA: 25, by SAMUEL DANIEL


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First Line: Reign in my thoughts, fair hand, sweet eye, rare voice
Last Line: And serve all three, and yet they spoil me too.
Subject(s): Freedom; Love; Liberty


Reign in my thoughts, fair hand, sweet eye, rare voice,
Possess me whole, my heart's triumvirate;
Yet heavy heart! to make so hard a choice
Of such as spoil thy poor afflicted state;
For whilst they strive which shall be lord of all,
All my poor life by them is trodden down;
They all erect their trophies on my fall,
And yield me nought that gives them their renown.
When back I look, I sigh my freedom past,
And wail the state wherein I present stand,
And see my fortune ever like to last,
Finding me reined with such a heavy hand.
What can I do but yield, and yield I do,
And serve all three, and yet they spoil me too.





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