Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMPHITRYON: SONG, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair iris I love and hourly I die Last Line: So easie to part, or so equally join'd. Subject(s): Blessings; Love; Singing & Singers; Songs | ||||||||
I FAIR Iris I love and hourly I dye, But not for a Lip nor a languishing Eye: She's fickle and false, and there I agree; For I am as false and as fickle as she: We neither believe what either can say; And, neither believing, we neither betray. II 'Tis civil to swear and say Things of course; We mean not the taking for better or worse. When present we love, when absent agree; I think not of Iris, nor Iris of me: The Legend of Love no Couple can find So easie to part, or so equally join'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE APOLLO TRIO by CONRAD AIKEN BAD GIRL SINGING by MARK JARMAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 4 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 5 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 28 by JAMES JOYCE THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE IS LIKE THE SCENT OF SYRINGA by MINA LOY A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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