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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MASTER W. MONTAGUE, by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sir, I arrest you at your country's suit Last Line: Give you fair leave to wound me so agen. Subject(s): Revenge; Exiles | |||
SIR, I arrest you at your country's suit, Who, as a debt to her, requires the fruit Of that rich stock which she by Nature's hand Gave you in trust, to th' use of this whole land. Next, she indicts you of a felony, For stealing what was her propriety, Yourself, from hence: so seeking to convey The public treasure of the State away. More, y' are accus'd of ostracism, the fate Impos'd of old by the Athenian state On eminent virtue; but that curse which they Cast on their men, you on your country lay; For, thus divided from your noble parts, This kingdom lives in exile, and all hearts That relish worth or honour, being rent From your perfections, suffer banishment. These are your public injuries; but I Have a just private quarrel to defy, And call you coward, thus to run away When you had pierc'd my heart, not daring stay Till I redeem'd my honour; but I swear By Celia's eyes, by the same force to tear Your heart from you, or not to end this strife Till I or find revenge or lose my life. But as in single fights it oft hath been In that unequal equal trial seen, That he who had receiv'd the wrong at first Came from the combat oft too with the worst; So, if you foil me when we meet, I 'll then Give you fair leave to wound me so agen. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#58) by MARVIN BELL LITTLE CITIZEN, LITTLE SURVIVOR by HAYDEN CARRUTH GOING OUT FOR CIGARETTES by BILLY COLLINS HOMO WILL NOT INHERIT by MARK DOTY DEFLECTION TOWARD THE RELATIVE MINOR by FORREST GANDER ON A CERTAIN FIELD IN AUVERS by JOHN HAINES A DEPOSITION FROM LOVE by THOMAS CAREW A PASTORAL DIALOGUE: SHEPHERD, NYMPH, CHORUS by THOMAS CAREW |
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