Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by JOHN DOWLAND


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First Line: Behold a wonder here
Last Line: And striking folly blind.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


BEHOLD a wonder here:
Love hath received his sight,
Which many hundred year,
Hath not beheld the light.

Such beams infused be
By Cynthia in his eyes,
As first have made him see,
And then have made him wise.

Love now no more will weep
For them that laugh the while,
Nor wake for them that sleep,
Nor sigh for them that smile.

So powerful is the beauty
That love doth now behold,
As love is turned to duty,
That's neither blind nor bold.

This beauty shews her might,
To be of double kind,
In giving love his sight
And striking folly blind.





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