Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE RELAPSE, by JOHN SHEFFIELD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Like children in a starry night Last Line: A sad relapse we ne'er recover. Alternate Author Name(s): Buckingham & Normandy, 1st Duke Of Subject(s): Love - Complaints | ||||||||
LIKE children in a starry night, When I beheld those eyes before, I gaz'd with wonder and delight, Insensible of all their power. I play'd about the flame so long, At last I felt the scorching fire; My hopes were weak, my passion strong, And I lay dying with desire. By all the helps of humane art, I just recovered so much sense, As to avoid, with heavy heart, The fair, but fatal influence. But, since you shine away despair, And now my sighs no longer shun, No Persian in his zealous prayer So much adores the rising sun. If once again my vows displease, There never was so lost a lover; In love, that languishing disease, A sad relapse we ne'er recover. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI THE RECONCILEMENT by JOHN SHEFFIELD |
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