Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS MUSE (2), by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were I give thee baptime, I wo'd chuse Last Line: Cato the censor, sho'd he scan each here. | ||||||||
Were I to give thee Baptime, I wo'd chuse To Christen thee, the Bride, the Bashfull Muse, Or Muse of Roses: since that name does fit Best with those Virgin-Verses thou hast writ: Which are so cleane, so chast, as none may feare Cato the Censor, sho'd he scan each here. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK A THANKSGIVING TO GOD [FOR HIS HOUSE] by ROBERT HERRICK ANOTHER GRACE FOR A CHILD by ROBERT HERRICK ART ABOVE NATURE: TO JULIA by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CANDLEMASSE EVE by ROBERT HERRICK CEREMONIES FOR CHRISTMAS (1) by ROBERT HERRICK CLOTHES DO BUT CHEAT AND COZEN US by ROBERT HERRICK COMFORT [TO A YOUTH THAT HAD LOST HIS LOVE] by ROBERT HERRICK |
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