Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CUPID, UPON A DIMPLE IN CASTARA'S CHEEK, by WILLIAM HABINGTON Poet's Biography First Line: Nimble boy, in thy warm flight Last Line: "here lies cupid blest in death." | ||||||||
Nimble boy, in thy warm flight What cold tyrant dimmed thy sight? Had'st thou eyes to see my fair, Thou would'st sigh thyself to air, Fearing, to create this one, Nature had herself undone. But if you, when this you hear, Fall down murdered through your ear, Beg of Jove that you may have In her cheek a dimpled grave. Lily, rose, and violet Shall the perfumed hearse beset; While a beauteous sheet of lawn O'er the wanton corpse is drawn: And all lovers use this breath: "Here lies Cupid blest in death." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON HIS DEATH by WILLIAM HABINGTON TO CASTARA, IN A TRANCE by WILLIAM HABINGTON TO CASTARA, OF TRUE DELIGHT by WILLIAM HABINGTON TO CASTARA, UPON THE DEATH OF A LADY by WILLIAM HABINGTON TO CASTARA: THE REWARD OF INNOCENT LOVE by WILLIAM HABINGTON TO THE MOMENT LAST PAST by WILLIAM HABINGTON ON A VOLUME OF SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE DEFILED SANCTUARY by WILLIAM BLAKE |
|