Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN FLORA HAD ADORNED THE FIRTH, by ANONYMOUS First Line: When flora had ourfret the firth Last Line: "thus ever of greece did fair helene, / whom I luv I dar nocht assay" Subject(s): Helen Of Troy;mythology - Classical;spring | ||||||||
WHEN Flora had o'erfret the firth In May of every moneth queen; When merle and mavis singis with mirth Sweet melling in the shawis sheen; When all luvaris rejoicit bene And most desirous of their prey, I heard a lusty luvar mene -- 'I luve, but I dare nocht assay!' 'Strong are the pains I daily prove, But yet with patience I sustene, I am so fetterit with the luve Only of my lady sheen, Quhilk for her beauty micht be queen, Nature so craftily alway Has done depaint that sweet serene: -- Whom I luve I dare nocht assay. 'She is so bricht of hyd and hue, I luve but her alone, I ween; Is none her luve that may eschew, That blinkis of that dulce amene; So comely cleir are her twa een That she mae luvaris dois affray Than ever of Greece did fair Helene: -- Quhom I luve I dare nocht assay!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPRING LEMONADE by TONY HOAGLAND A SPRING SONG by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN SPRING'S RETURN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SPRING IN WINTER by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE by HERBERT BATES THE FARMER'S BOY: SPRING by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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