Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAELICA: 12, by FULKE GREVILLE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cupid, thou naughtie boy, when thou wert loathed Last Line: Where living to the world, to me he dieth. Alternate Author Name(s): Brooke, 1st Baron; Brooke, Lord Variant Title(s): To Cupid Subject(s): Cupid; Eros | ||||||||
Cupid, thou naughty boy, when thou wert loathed, Naked and blind, for vagabonding noted, Thy nakedness I in my reason clothed, Mine eyes I gave thee, so was I devoted. Fie, wanton, fie, who would show children kindness? No sooner he into mine eyes was gotten But straight he clouds them with a seeing blindness, Makes reason wish that reason were forgotten. From thence to Myra's eyes the wanton strayeth, Where while I charge him with ungrateful measure, So with fair wonders he mine eyes betrayeth, That my wounds and his wrongs become my pleasure; Till for more spite to Myra's heart he flyeth, Where living to the world, to me he dieth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE |
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