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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SNOWBALL, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Doris, I that could repel
Last Line: That by snow were set on fire.
Subject(s): Snow
First Line: Doris, I that could repel
Last Line: That by snow were set on fire.
Subject(s): Snow
DORIS, I that could repel
All those darts about thee dwell,
And had wisely learn'd to fear,
'Cause I saw a foe so near;
I that my deaf ear did arm
'Gainst thy voice's powerful charm,
And the lightning of thine eye
Durst (by closing mine) defy,
Cannot this cold snow withstand
From the whiter of thy hand.
Thy deceit hath thus done more
Than thy open force before:
For who could suspect or fear
Treason in a face so clear;
Or the hidden fires descry
Wrapt in this cold outside lie?
Flames might thus involv'd in ice
The deceiv'd world sacrifice;
Nature, ignorant of this
Strange antiperistasis,
Would her falling frame admire,
That by snow were set on fire.
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