Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LINES, by MARCO GUAZZO


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First Line: He that appaled with lust would sail in haste to
Last Line: All were bliss, if such fond lust led not to repentance.
Subject(s): Goddesses & Gods; Man-woman Relationships; Mythology; Male-female Relations


HE that appaled with lust would sail in haste to Corinthum,
There to be taught in Lais' school to seek for a mistress,
Is to be train'd in Venus' troop and chang'd to the purpose;
Rage embrac'd, but reason quite thrust out as an exile;
Pleasure a pain, rest turn'd to be care, and mirth as a madness;
Fiery mind inflam'd with a look, enrag'd as Alecto;
Quaint in array, sighs fetch'd from far, and tears, marry, feignèd;
Pensive, sore, deep-plung'd in pain, not a place but his heart whole;
Days in grief and nights consum'd to think on a goddess;
Broken sleeps, sweet dreams, but short, from the night to the morning;
Venus dash'd, his mistress' face as bright as Apollo;
Helena stain'd, the golden ball wrong-given by the shepherd;
Hairs of gold, eyes twinkling stars, her lips to be rubies;
Teeth of pearl, her breasts like snow, her checks to be roses;
Sugar-candy she is, as I guess, from the waist to the kneestead;
Naught is amiss, no fault were found, if soul were amended;
All were bliss, if such fond lust led not to repentance.





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