Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAIRE SHEWES DECEIVE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Smooth was the sea, and seem'd to call Last Line: Who, kissing, kill such saints as these? Subject(s): Sea; Ocean | ||||||||
Smooth was the Sea, and seem'd to call To prettie girles to play withall: Who padling there, the Sea soone frown'd, And on a sudden both were drown'd. What credit can we give to seas, Who, kissing, kill such Saints as these? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HALL OF OCEAN LIFE by JOHN HOLLANDER JULY FOURTH BY THE OCEAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS BOATS IN A FOG by ROBINSON JEFFERS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE FIGUREHEAD by LEONIE ADAMS 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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