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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDEA: 14. TO TIME, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If he from heaven that filched that living fire Last Line: Thus poor thieves suffer when the greater 'scape. Subject(s): Prometheus | |||
If he from heaven that filched that living fire Condemned by Jove to endless torment be, I greatly marvel how you still go free, That far beyond Prometheus did aspire. The fire he stole, although of heavenly kind, Which from above he carftily did take, Of liveless clods, us living men to make, He did bestow in temper of the mind. But you broke into heaven's immortal store, Where virtue, honor, wit, and beauty lay; Which taking thence you have escaped away, Yet stand as free as ere you did before; Yet old Prometheus punished for his his rape. Thus poor thieves suffer when the greater 'scape. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE PROMETHEUS by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THE LORDS' MASQUE: A FULL SONG by THOMAS CAMPION THE SUN-THIEF by RHYS CARPENTER PROMETHEUS ILL PAINTED by ABRAHAM COWLEY PROMETHEUS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR PROMETHEUS by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE ON BARCLAY'S APOLOGY FOR THE QUAKERS by MATTHEW GREEN PROMETHEUS IN JERSEY by DANIEL MACINTYRE HENDERSON |
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