Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by ? D' AUBRAY First Line: Past mastership in love's great art I claim Last Line: For I of womankind have loved but one. | ||||||||
PAST mastership in Love's great art I claim, A lover perfect as you e'er shall find, Proved in all Love's degrees of every kind: Is not such merit well deserving fame? A girl with eyes to set the world aflame First did my youthful heart in fetters bind; Wife, widow next, who all good gifts combine, Each in succession my delight became. The girl I loved for bashful innocence; The wife I loved for worth without pretence; The widow loved for virtuous liberty. Therefore of lovers I deserve the throne, Nor any can my constancy deny, For I of womankind have loved but one. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE DADDY STRAIN by KAREN SWENSON WELCOME by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) UNDERWOODS: BOOK 1: 22. THE CELESTIAL SURGEON by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON LONDON SURVEYED AND ILLUSTRATED by JOHANNEM ADAMUS EPIPHANIE CAROL by JOSEPH BEAUMONT TO CHILDREN: 5. DAME HOLIDAY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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