Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONG, by SIDNEY GODOLPHIN


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First Line: Shepherd, we do not see our looks
Last Line: I still have fear.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight


DAMON

SHEPHERD, we do not see our looks
Best ever in the purest brooks.
Do not despise
Thine own shape and thy careful face:
See thyself in some other glass
Than her fair eyes.

SHEPHERD

Damon, no other streams reflect
Truly as these mine own aspect
And worthless face:
Yet all the pleasures others make
Themselves in beauty, I do take
In my fair glass.

DAMON

Shepherd, it were a happiness
If you could then your figure miss,
Not well exprest.
Seeking yourself with too much care
You leave the image of your fear
In her fair breast.

SHEPHERD

Damon, I hope no happiness
But what already I possess,
Received thus near.
Yet I confess, though not so vain
As one poor hope to entertain,
I still have fear.





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