Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BREATH, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Favonius the milder breath o'th'spring Last Line: The burning sweets of pyres, the cool of winds. | ||||||||
FAVONIUS the milder breath o' th' Spring, When proudly bearing on his softer wing Rich odours, which from the Panchean groves He steals, as by the Phoenix' pyre he moves, Profusely doth his sweeter theft dispense To the next rose's blushing innocence, But from the grateful flower, a richer scent He back receives than he unto it lent. Then laden with his odours' richest store, He to thy breath hastes; to which these are poor! Which whilst the amorous wind to steal essays, He like a wanton Lover 'bout thee plays, And sometimes cooling thy soft cheek doth lie, And sometimes burning at thy flaming eye: Drawn in at last by that breath we implore, He now returns far sweeter than before, And rich by being robb'd, in thee he finds The burning sweets of Pyres, the cool of Winds. | Other Poems of Interest...ANSWER TO 'SONG' BY M. W. M. by THOMAS STANLEY ANSWER TO 'THE UNION' BY WILLIAM FAIRFAX by THOMAS STANLEY ANSWER TO 'TO A BLIND MAN IN LOVE' by THOMAS STANLEY CELIA SINGING by THOMAS STANLEY CHANG'D, YET CONSTANT by THOMAS STANLEY DESIRING HER TO BURN HIS VERSES by THOMAS STANLEY |
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