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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ECHO TO A ROCK, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Thou heaven-threat'ning rock, gentler than she! Last Line: Echo. Well. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Echo (mythology); Stones; Granite; Rocks | |||
THOU heaven-threat'ning rock, gentler than she! Since of my pain Thou still more sensible wilt be, Only when thou giv'st leave but to complain--- Echo. Complain. But thou dost answer too, although in vain Thou answer'st when thou canst no pity show. Echo. Oh. What, canst thou speak, and pity too? Then yet a further favour do, And tell if of my griefs I any end shall know. Echo. No. Sure she will pity him that loves her so truly. Echo. You lie. Vile rock, thou now grow'st so unruly, That hadst thou life as thou hast voice, Thou shouldst die at my foot. Echo. Die at my foot. Thou canst not make me do 't, Unless thou leave it to my choice, Who thy hard sentence shall fulfil, When thou shalt say I die to please her only will. Echo. I will. When she comes hither, then, I pray thee tell Thou art my monument, and this my last farewell. Echo. Well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STONE'S SECRET by MARGARET AVISON CONTRA MORTEM: THE STONE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NAMING FOR LOVE by HAYDEN CARRUTH OF THE STONES OF THE PLACE by ROBERT FROST THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES THE HEAD ON THE TABLE by JOHN HAINES AN ODE UPON A QUESTION WHETHER LOVE SHOULD CONTINUE FOREVER by EDWARD HERBERT DITTY IN IMITATION OF THE SPANISH: ENTRE TANTO QUE L'AVRIL by EDWARD HERBERT EPITAPH FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, AT ST. PAUL'S WITHOUT A MONUMENT ... by EDWARD HERBERT |
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