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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, FR. THE FAIR PENITENT, by WILLIAM CONGREVE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, stay! Ah, turn! Ah, whither would you fly Last Line: Nor casts one pitying look behind. | |||
AH, stay! ah, turn! ah, whither would you fly, Too charming, too relentless maid? I follow not to conquer, but to die; You of the fearful are afraid. In vain I call; for she, like fleeting air, When pressed by some tempestuous wind, Flies swifter from the voice of my despair, Nor casts one pitying look behind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PIOUS SELINDA [OR, CELINDA] by WILLIAM CONGREVE SABINA WAKES by WILLIAM CONGREVE THE MOURNING BRIDE by WILLIAM CONGREVE THE GOLDEN CORPSE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET A NEGRO LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE ILIAD: ACHILLES OVER THE TRENCH by HOMER MY MISTRESS'S BOOTS by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON IN SICKNESS (1714) by JONATHAN SWIFT LINES WRITTEN IN A CITY COMPOSING-ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS |
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