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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG [WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1732], by GEORGE LYTTELTON Poet's Biography First Line: When delia on the plain appears Last Line: Tell me, my heart, if this be love. Alternate Author Name(s): Lyttleton Of Frankley, 1st Baron; George, First Lord Of Lyttleton Variant Title(s): Tell Me, My Heart, If This Be Love Subject(s): Innocence; Love; Love - Beginnings | |||
WHEN Delia on the plain appears, Awed by a thousand tender fears, I would approach, but dare not move; -- Tell me, my heart, if this be love. Whene'er she speaks, my ravished ear No other voice than hers can hear; No other wit but hers approve; -- Tell me, my heart, if this be love. When she is absent, I no more Delight in all that pleased before, The clearest spring, the shadiest grove; -- Tell me, my heart, if this be love. When fond of power, of beauty vain, Her nets she spread for every swain, I strove to hate, but vainly strove; -- Tell me, my heart, if this be love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHY I MIGHT GO TO THE NEXT FOOTBALL GAME by DENIS JOHNSON THE POOL by ALEXANDER ANDERSON COZY APOLOGIA; FOR FRED by RITA DOVE YOU NOW HOLDING THIS BOOK IN HAND by ALICE NOTLEY FALLING IN LOVE IN SPAIN OR MEXICO by RON PADGETT WHEN LOVE WAS BORN by SARA TEASDALE |
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