Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FORCE OF LOVE, by SAMUEL JONES First Line: When cleomira disbelieves / her shepherd, when he swears he lives Last Line: Without dismaying you at all. Subject(s): Love | ||||||||
WHEN Cleomira disbelieves Her shepherd, when he swears he lives Or dies i' th' smiles or frowns she gives, The echo mourns him to the plain, And pity moves in ev'ry swain, And makes the nymphs partake his pain. But pity and the fair ones prove, When Cleomira hates his love, Like strange embraces to a dove. For Cleomira's hate can turn Fresh youth and beauty to an urn: Death sure than it's much easier borne! But Cleomira's love can bless, And turn t' a grove a wilderness, A dungeon to a pleasant place. Without it, Pleasure's self will show The ghost of sorrow haunting you In all the blissful things you do: And with it, Nature's self may fall, Old Night and Death frail men appal, Without dismaying you at all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD POVERTY, IN IMITATION OF MILTON by SAMUEL JONES |
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