Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIR DAYS: OR DAWNS DECEITFUL, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair was the dawn, and, but e'en now, the skies Last Line: As men, the heavens have their hypocrisie? Subject(s): Distrust; Hypocrisy | ||||||||
Faire was the Dawne; and but e'en now the Skies Shew'd like to Creame, enspir'd with Strawberries: But on a sudden, all was chang'd and gone That smil'd in that first-sweet complexion. Then Thunder-claps and Lightning did conspire To teare the world, or set it all on fire. What trust to things below, when as we see, As Men, the Heavens have their Hypocrisie? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HUMAN ABSTRACT, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE SOLILOQUY OF THE SPANISH CLOISTER by ROBERT BROWNING ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER by ROBERT BURNS HYPOCRISY by SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680) THE LATEST DECALOGUE by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH TWO: 3 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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