Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG: 5, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As near a weeping spring reclin'd Last Line: Die, hapless araminta, die. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Ertotic Love | ||||||||
AS near a weeping spring reclin'd The beauteous ARAMINTA pin'd, And mourn'd a false ungrateful youth; While dying echoes caught the sound, And spread the soft complaints around Of broken vows and alter'd truth; An aged shepherd heard her moan, And thus in pity's kindest tone Address'd the lost despairing maid: Cease, cease unhappy fair to grieve, For sounds, tho' sweet, can ne'er relieve A breaking heart by love betray'd. Why should'st thou waste such precious showers, That fall like dew on wither'd flowers, But dying passion ne'er restor'd; In beauty's empire is no mean, And woman, either slave or queen, Is quickly scorn'd when not ador'd. Those liquid pearls from either eye, Which might an eastern empire buy, Unvalued here and fruitless fall; No art the season can renew When love was young, and DAMON true; No tears a wandering heart recall. Cease, cease to grieve, thy tears are vain, Should those fair orbs in drops of rain Vie with a weeping southern sky: For hearts o'ercome with love and grief All nature yields but one relief; Die, hapless ARAMINTA, die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TOMORROW by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD HYMN: 2 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD LIFE [AND DEATH] by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ODE TO SPRING by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD ON THE EXPECTED GENERAL RISING OF THE FRENCH NATION IN 1792 by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE MOUSE'S PETITION TO DOCTOR PRIESTLY FOUND IN THE TRAP .. by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE SABBATH OF THE SOUL by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD TO A LITTLE INVISIBLE BEING WHO IS EXPECTED SOON TO BECOME VISIBLE by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD |
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