Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROSANDER'S DESCRIPTION OF RASALYND, by THOMAS LODGE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like to the clear in highest sphere Last Line: Mine! Variant Title(s): Fair Rosalynd;rosalynd;rosalind;rosaline;rosalind's Description Subject(s): Admiration | ||||||||
LIKE to the clear in highest sphere Where all imperial glory shines: Of selfsame color is her hair, Whether unfolded, or in twines: Heigh-ho, fair Rosalynd! Her eyes are sapphires set in snow, Refining heaven by every wink; The gods do fear whenas they glow, And I do tremble when I think Heigh-ho, would she were mine! Her cheeks are like the blushing cloud That beautifies Aurora's face, Or like the silver-crimson shroud That Phoebus' smiling looks doth grace: Heigh-ho, fair Rosalynd! Her lips are like two budded roses Whom ranks of lilies neighbor nigh, Within which bounds she balm encloses Apt to entice a deity: Heigh-ho, would she were mine! Her neck, like to a stately tower Where Love himself emprisoned lies To watch for glance every hour From her divine and sacred eyes: Heigh-ho, fair Rosalynd! Her paps are centres of delight, Her breasts are orbs of heavenly frame, Where Nature moulds the dew of light To feed perfection with the same: Heigh-ho, would she were mine! With orient pearl, with ruby red, With marble white, with sapphire blue, Her body every way is fed, Yet soft to touch and sweet in view: Heigh-ho, fair Rosalynd! Nature herself her shape admires; The gods are wounded in her sight; And Love forsakes his heavenly fires And at her eyes his brand doth light: Heigh-ho, would she were mine! Then muse not, Nymphs, though I bemoan The absence of fair Rosalynd, Since for a fair there's fairer none, Nor for her virtues so divine: Heigh-ho, fair Rosalynd! Heigh-ho, my heart! would God that she were mine! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE EYE IN THE ROCK by JOHN HAINES SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 1. INSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A TREE by CLARENCE MAJOR SAN DIEGO AND MATISSE: 2. OUTSIDE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A ROCKING... by CLARENCE MAJOR STREAK OF LIGHT by EAMON GRENNAN MARY DONNELLY by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM ON THE ROAD TO CHORRERA by ARLO BATES THE FOREST MAID by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL, FR. ROSALIND [ROSALYNDE] by THOMAS LODGE |
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