Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HORACE TO CHLOE, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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HORACE TO CHLOE, by                    
First Line: Dear chloe, this rose
Last Line: Give heed to my wooing!
Subject(s): Horace (65-8 B.c.); Love; Odes (as Poetic Form)


Dear Chloe, this rose
I send as a token;
Yet do not suppose,
Dear Chloe, this rose
Can begin to disclose
All that I would have spoken,
Dear Chloe! This rose
I send as a token.

On its lips a caress
I have placed for your finding!
Ah, I could not do less
On its lips! A caress,
I admit with distress,
On a rose is not binding!
On its lips a caress
I have placed for your finding.

Like the rose, my poor heart
Will pine if neglected.
While it now blooms apart
Like the rose, my poor heart
Will wither and smart
If its suit be rejected!
Like the rose my poor heart
Will pine if neglected!

So, Chloe, dear child,
Give heed to my wooing,
And be reconciled
So, Chloe, dear child,
To my flower and the mild-
Mannered course I'm pursuing!
So, Chloe, dear child,
Give heed to my wooing!





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