Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON CUPID (3), by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love, like a beggar, came to me Last Line: His finger was the dart. Subject(s): Cupid; Eros | ||||||||
Love, like a Beggar, came to me With Hose and Doublet torne: His Shirt bedangling from his knee, With Hat and Shooes out-worne. He askt an almes; I gave him bread, And meat too, for his need: Of which, when he had fully fed, He wished me all Good speed. Away he went, but as he turn'd (In faith I know not how) He toucht me so, as that I burn, And am tormented now. Love's silent flames, and fires obscure Then crept into my heart; And though I saw no Bow, I'm sure, His finger was the dart. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE 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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