Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO DELIA: 26 (2), by SAMUEL DANIEL


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First Line: Still in the trace of my tormented thought
Last Line: I in my love, or thou in thy disdain.
Subject(s): Death; Love; Sin; Dead, The


Still in the trace of my tormented thought,
My ceaseless cares must march on to my death;
Thy least regard too dearly have I bought,
Who to my comfort never deign'st a breath.
Why shouldst thou stop thine ears now to my cries,
Whose eyes were open ready to oppress me?
Why shut'st thou not the cause whence all did rise?
Or hear me now, and seek how to redress me?
Injurious Delia, yet I'll love thee still
Whilst that I breathe in sorrow of my smart;
I'll tell the world that I deserved but ill,
And blame myself for to excuse thy heart.
Then judge who sins the greater of us twain:
I in my love, or thou in thy disdain.





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