Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO CLOE WEEPING, by MATTHEW PRIOR


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TO CLOE WEEPING, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: See, whilst thou weep'st, fair cloe, see
Last Line: But that dear breast on which they fall.
Subject(s): Birds; Grief; Love; Singing & Singers; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness


See, whilst thou weep'st, fair Cloe, see
The world in sympathy with thee.
The cheerful birds no longer sing;
Each drops his head and hangs his wing.
The clouds have bent their bosom lower,
And shed their sorrows in a shower.
The brooks beyond their limits flow,
And louder murmurs speak their woe.
The nymphs and swains adopt thy cares;
They heave thy sighs and weep thy tears.
Fantastic nymph! that grief should move
Thy heart, obdurate against love.
Strange tears! whose power can soften all
But that dear breast on which they fall.





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