Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IF LOVE HIS ARROWS SHOOT SO FAST, by ANONYMOUS Last Line: "be a good boy, be more mild" Subject(s): Cupid; Eros | ||||||||
IF love his arrows shoot so fast, Soon his feathered stock will waste, But I mistake in thinking so, Lovers' arrows in his quiver grow: That he wants no artillery, That appears too true in me. Two shafts feed upon my breast, O make't a quiver for the rest, Kill me with love thou armed son Of Citherea, or let one, One sharp golden arrow fly To wound her heart for whom I die. Cupid, if thou be'st a child, Be a good boy, be more mild. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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