Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I PRAY TO VENUS, by ELIZABETH OF YORK First Line: My heart is set upon a lusty pin Last Line: This joy and I, I trust, shall never twin. Subject(s): Contentment; Mythology - Classical; Venus (goddess); Women | ||||||||
My heart is set upon a lusty pin; I pray to Venus of good continuance, For I rejoice the case that I am in, Deliver'd from sorrow, annex'd to pleasance, Of all comfort having abundance; This joy and I, I trust, shall never twin -- My heart is set upon a lusty pin. I pray to Venus of good continuance Since she hath set me in the way of ease; My hearty service with my attendance So to continue it ever I may please; Thus voiding from all pensful disease, Now stand I whole far from all grievance -- I pray to Venus of good continuance. For I rejoice the case that I am in, My gladness is such that giveth me no pain, And so to sorrow never shall I blynne, And though I would I may not me refrain; My heart and I so set 'tis certain We shall never slake, but ever new begin -- For I rejoice the case that I am in. Deliver'd from sorrow, annex'd to pleasance, That all my joy I set as aught of right, To please as after my simple suffisance To me the goodliest, most beauteous in sight; A very lantern to all other light, Most to my comfort on her remembrance -- Deliver'd from sorrow, annex'd to pleasance. Of all comfort having abundance, As when that I think that goodlihead Of that most feminine and meek countenance Very mirror and star of womanhood; Whose right good fame so large abroad doth spread, Full glad for me to have recognisance -- Of all comfort having abundance. This joy and I, I trust, shall never twin, So that I am so far forth in the trace, My joys be double where others' are but thin, For I am stably set in such a place, Where beauty 'creaseth and ever willeth grace, Which is full famous and born of noble kin -- This joy and I, I trust, shall never twin. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ARISTOTLE TO PHYLLIS by JOHN HOLLANDER A WOMAN'S DELUSION by SUSAN HOWE JULIA TUTWILER STATE PRISON FOR WOMEN by ANDREW HUDGINS THE WOMEN ON CYTHAERON by ROBINSON JEFFERS TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LADIES FOR DINNER, SAIPAN by KENNETH KOCH GOODBYE TO TOLERANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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