Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADAGASCAR: TO THE QUEEN, ENTERTAINED AT NIGHT, by WILLIAM DAVENANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair as unshaded light, or as the day Last Line: In this small lanthorn would contract her light. Alternate Author Name(s): D'avenant, William | ||||||||
Faire as unshaded Light; or as the Day In its first birth, when all the Yeare was May; Sweet, as the Altars smoake, or as the new Unfolded Bud, swell'd by the early Dew; Smooth, as the face of Waters first appear'd, Ere Tides began to strive, or Winds were heard; Kind, as the willing Saints, and calmer farre, Than in their sleepes forgiven Hermits are: You that are more, than our discreeter feare Dares praise, with such full Art, what make you here? Here, where the Sommer is so little seene, That Leaves (her cheapest wealth) scarce reach at greene, You come, as if the silver Planet were Misled a while from her much injur'd Spheare, And t'ease the travailes of her beames to night, In this small Lanthorn would contract her light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SOLDIER GOING TO THE FIELD by WILLIAM DAVENANT TO A MISTRESS DYING by WILLIAM DAVENANT FOR THE LADY OLIVIA PORTER; A PRESENT UPON NEW YEARS DAY by WILLIAM DAVENANT GONDIBERT; AN HEROIC POEM: BOOK 3, CANTO 7; TO MR. COTTON by WILLIAM DAVENANT PRAISE AND PRAYER by WILLIAM DAVENANT THE LAW AGAINST LOVERS: LOVE PROSCRIBED by WILLIAM DAVENANT READING WHITMAN IN A TOILET STALL by TIMOTHY LIU THE GARDEN SEAT by THOMAS HARDY FOR THE INAUGURATION OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY by WALT WHITMAN |
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