|
|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVE AND REVERENCE, by THOMAS RANDOLPH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a mistress, for perfections rare
Last Line: And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
Variant Title(s): A Devout Lover;his Mistress
Subject(s): Love
First Line: I have a mistress, for perfections rare
Last Line: And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
Variant Title(s): A Devout Lover;his Mistress
Subject(s): Love
I HAVE a mistress, for perfections rare
In every eye, but in my thoughts most fair.
Like tapers on the altar shine her eyes;
Her breath is the perfume of sacrifice;
And wheresoe'er my fancy would begin,
Still her perfection lets religion in.
We sit and talk, and kiss away the hours
As chastely as the morning dews kiss flowers:
I touch her, like my beads, with devout care,
And come unto my courtship as my prayer.
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
FAIRIES' SONG by THOMAS RANDOLPH
ODE TO MASTER ANTHONY STAFFORD [TO HASTEN HIM INTO COUNTRY] by THOMAS RANDOLPH