Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOHN DOWLAND Poet's Biography First Line: Now cease, my wandering eyes Last Line: Although our eyes do move. Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight | ||||||||
NOW cease, my wandering eyes, Strange beauties to admire, In change least comfort lies; Long joys yield long desire One faith, one love, Makes our frail pleasures eternal and in sweetness prove New hopes, new joys, Are still with sorrow declining Unto deep annoys. One man hath but one soul, Which art cannot divide, If all one soul must love, Two loves must be denied: One soul, one love, By faith and merit united, cannot remove: Distraught spirits Tire ever changing and hapless In their delights. Nature two eyes hath given, All beauty to impart, As well in earth as heaven, But she hath given one heart, That though we see Ten thousand beauties, yet in us one should be One steadfast love, Because our hearts stand fixed, Although our eyes do move. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE STUDY OF HAPPINESS by KENNETH KOCH SO MUCH HAPPINESS by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE CROWD CONDITIONS by JOHN ASHBERY I WILL NOT BE CLAIMED by MARVIN BELL THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#21): 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S HAPPINESS by MARVIN BELL |
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