![]() |
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PHILLIS KNOTTING, by CHARLES SEDLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hears not my phillis how the birds Last Line: Sat and knotted all the while. Variant Title(s): Song;hears Not My Phyllis;phyllis Knotting Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | |||
Hears not my Phillis, how the Birds Their feather'd Mates salute? They tell their Passion in their Words; Must I alone be mute? Phillis, without Frown or Smile, Sat and knotted all the while. The God of Love in thy bright Eyes Does like a Tyrant reign; But in thy Heart a Child he lyes, Without his Dart or Flame. Phillis, without Frown or Smile, Sat and knotted all the while. So many Months in Silence past, And yet in raging Love, Might well deserve one Word at last My Passion shou'd approve. Phillis, without Frown or Smile, Sat and knotted all the while. Must then your faithful Swain expire, And not one Look obtain, Which he to sooth his fond Desire, Might pleasingly explain? Phillis, without Frown or Smile, Sat and knotted all the while. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON |
|