Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A BEQUEST OF HIS HEART, by ALEXANDER SCOTT (1520-1590) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hence, heart [hairt], with her that must depart [depairt] Last Line: And bide with her thou luvis best! | ||||||||
HENCE, heart, with her that must depart, And hald thee with thy soverane! For I had liever want ane heart, Nor have the heart that dois me pain. Therefore, go, with thy love remain, And let me leif thus unmolest; And see that thou come not again, But bide with her thou luvis best. Sen she that I have servit lang Is to depart so suddenly, Address thee now, for thou sall gang And bear thy lady company. Fra she be gone, heartless am I, For quhy? thou art with her possest. Therefore, my heart, go hence in high, And bide with her thou luvis best. Though this belappit body here Be bound to servitude and thrall, My faithful heart is free entier And mind to serve my lady at all. Would God that I were perigall Under that redolent rose to rest! Yet at the least, my heart, thou sall Abide with her thou luvis best. Sen in your garth the lily quhyte May not remain amang the laif, Adieu the flower of whole delite! Adieu the succour that may me saif! Adieu the fragrant balme suaif, And lamp of ladies lustiest! My faithful heart she shall it haif To bide with her it luvis best. Deploir, ye ladies cleir of hue, Her absence, sen she must depart! And, specially, ye luveris true That wounded bene with Luvis dart. For some of you sall want ane heart As well as I; therefore at last Do go with mine, with mind inwart, And bide with her thou luvis best! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAMENT OF THE MASTER ERSKINE by ALEXANDER SCOTT (1520-1590) WHA IS PERFYTE by ALEXANDER SCOTT (1520-1590) THE BIRDS OF VIETNAM by HAYDEN CARRUTH AGING TOGETHER by CLARENCE MAJOR CARLYLE AND EMERSON by MONTGOMERY SCHUYLER THE CHILD IN A GARDEN by MARIA ABDY A GIFT OF SPRING by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) SUNSET ACROSS THE LAKE by AUGUSTA M. BARNEY THE HAUNTED HOUSE by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN |
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