Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ARCADIA: POEM, by PHILIP SIDNEY


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First Line: Sweet glove, the witness of my secret bliss
Last Line: You have my thanks, let me your comfort have.


Sweet glove, the witness of my secret bliss,
Which hiding diddest preserve that beauty's light,
That opened forth my seal of comfort is,
Be thou my star in this my darkest night,
Now that mine eyes their cheerful sun doth miss,
Which dazzling still doth still maintain my sight;
Be thou, sweet glove, the anchor of my mind
Till my frail bark his haven again do find.

Sweet glove, the sweet despoils of sweetest hand;
Fair hand, the fairest pledge of fairer heart;
True heart, whose truth doth yield to truest bands;
Chief band I say, which ties my chiefest part;
My chiefest part, wherein do chiefly stand
Those secret joys, which heaven to me impart;
Unite in one, my state thus still to save;
You have my thanks, let me your comfort have.





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