Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESPITE ALL, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I know that all beneath the moon decays Last Line: But that, oh me, I both must write and love! Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William Variant Title(s): "sonnet;""i Know That All Beneath The Moon Decays""; | ||||||||
I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what by mortals in this world is brought In time's great periods shall return to nought; That fairest states have fatal nights and days. I know how all the muses' heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds of few or none are sought, And that nought lighter is than airy praise. I know frail beauty, like the purple flower To which one morn oft birth and death affords; That love a jarring is of minds' accords, Where sense and will invassal reason's power; Know what I list, this all can not me move, But that, oh me, I both must write and love! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INVOCATION [TO LOVE] by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN MADRIGAL by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN MADRIGAL: 1 by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN SONNET: 46 by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN SONNET: TO HIS LUTE by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN THE BOOK [OF THE WORLD] by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN A NYMPH'S SONG; OF THE TRUE HAPPINESS by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN CHANGE SHOULD BREED CHANGE by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN ILLUSIONS by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN KISSES DESIRED by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN |
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