Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET WRITTEN UPON OCCASION OF THE PLAGUE, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fair mirrour of foul times! Whose fragile sheene Last Line: He sent him war, or plague, or famine sore. Subject(s): Plague | ||||||||
(AND FOUND ON A GLASS-WINDOW AT CHALFONT) (IN IMITATION OF MILTON) Fair Mirrour of foul Times! whose fragile Sheene Shall as it blazeth, break; while Providence (Aye watching o'er his Saints with Eye unseen,) Spreads the red Rod of angry Pestilence, To sweep the wicked and their Counsels hence; Yea all to break the Pride of lustful Kings, Who Heaven's Lore reject for brutish Sense; As erst he scourg'd Gessides' Sin of yore For the fair Hittite, when on Seraph's Wings He sent him War, or Plague, or Famine sore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AND WHO WILL LOOK UPON OUR TESTIMONY by EDWARD HIRSCH METAMORPHOSES: 3. MEDUSA by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM REVELRY OF THE DYING by BARTHOLOMEW DOWLING ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT DYING OF A COUGH by JOHN MILTON ON THE UNIVERSITY CARRIER by JOHN MILTON SUMMER'S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT: A LITANY IN TIME OF PLAGUE by THOMAS NASHE THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT by ABRAHAM COWLEY DIALOGUE, BETWEEN CRAB AND GILLIAN by THOMAS D'URFEY THE YELLOW FEVER by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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