Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SADNESSE OF THINGS FOR SAPPHO'S SICKNESSE, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lillies will languish; violets look ill Last Line: But bid good-night, and close their lids for ever. Subject(s): Sappho (610-580 B.c.) | ||||||||
Lillies will languish; Violets look ill; Sickly the Prim-rose: Pale the Daffadill: That gallant Tulip will hang down his head, Like to a Virgin newly ravished. Pansies will weep; and Marygolds will wither; And keep a Fast, and Funerall together, If Sapho droop; Daisies will open never, But bid Good-night, and close their lids for ever. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER SAPPHO by KENNETH REXROTH WHEN WE WITH SAPPHO by KENNETH REXROTH SO HELP ME SAPPHO by ANNE WALDMAN AD LESBIAM by GAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS SUMMER MATURES by HELENE JOHNSON 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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