Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAINTY, FINE, SWEET NYMPH, by THOMAS MORLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Dainty, fine, sweet nymph delightful Last Line: Fa, la, la! Subject(s): Nymphs | ||||||||
DAINTY, fine, sweet nymph delightful. While the sun aloft is mounting, Sit we here our love recounting, Fa, la, la! With sugared gloses, Among these roses. Fa, la, la! Why, alas! are you so spiteful, Dainty nymph, but O too cruel, Wilt thou kill thy dearest jewel? Fa, la, la! Kill then and bliss me, But first come kiss me: Fa, la, la! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE WATER NYMPHS DRINKING AT THE FOUNTAIN by ROBERT HERRICK THE NYMPH COMPLAINING FOR THE DEATH OF HER FAUN [OR, FAWN] by ANDREW MARVELL OVERHEARD ON A SALTMARSH by HAROLD MONRO HYMN TO CONTENT by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SIR RUPERT THE FEARLESS; A LEGEND OF GERMANY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM WOOD WITCHERY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE NYMPH ASLEEP by ANDRE MARIE CHENIER MADRIGAL: BESIDE A FOUNTAIN by THOMAS MORLEY |
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