Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON COMBING HER HAIR, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography First Line: Breaking from under that thy cloudy veil Last Line: And strike out day from thy yet fairer eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord Subject(s): Hair | ||||||||
BREAKING from under that thy cloudy veil, Open and shine yet more, shine out more clear, Thou glorious golden-beam-darting hair, Even till my wonder-strucken senses fail. Shoot out in light, and shine those rays on far, Thou much more fair than is the Queen of Love When she doth comb her in her sphere above, And from a planet turns a blazing star. Nay, thou art greater too, more destiny Depends on thee than on her influence, No hair thy fatal hand doth now dispense, But to someone a thread of life must be. While, gracious unto me, thou both dost sunder Those glories which, if they united were, Might have amazed sense, and show'st each hair, Which if alone had been too great a wonder. And now, spread in their goodly length, sh' appears No creature which the earth might call her own, But rather one that in her gliding down Heav'n's beams did crown, to show us she was theirs. And come from thence, how can they fear Time's rage, Which, in his power else on earth most strange, Such golden treasure doth to silver change, By that improper alchemy of age? But stay, methinks new beauties do arise, While she withdraws these glories which were spread. Wonder of beauties, set thy radiant head, And strike out day from thy yet fairer eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE OPENING HER JEWEL BOX by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THE BLONDE SONATA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THE SONG CALLED HIS HIDE IS COVERED WITH HAIR by HILAIRE BELLOC THE WOMEN WITH FABLED HAIR by MADELINE DEFREES DECRYPTING THE MESSAGE by EDWARD FIELD 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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