Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FALSE ONE; IN IMITATION TO THAT OF HORACE, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Behold, false maid, yon horned light Last Line: Despise, and laugh at him and thee. Subject(s): Unfaithfulness; Infidelity; Adultery; Inconstancy | ||||||||
The False One IN IMITATION OF THAT OF HORACE I BEHOLD, False Maid, yon horned light, Which in Heav'n's arched vault doth range, And view part of thyself in it; Yet she but once a month does change. II The raging sea, th' uncertain air, Or, what does yet more change admit, Of variation emblems are; When thou, and only thou art it. III Philosophers their pains may spare Perpetual motion where to find; If such a thing be anywhere, 'Tis Woman, in thy fickle mind. IV How oft, incentred in thine arms, Big with betraying sighs and tears, Hast thou secur'd me, by thy charms, From other lovers' natural fears. V Sighs, that improv'd the honest flame, Which made my faithful bosom pant; And tears so gentle, as might claim Belief, from hearts of adamant. VI These were the arts seduc'd my youth, A captive to thy wanton will: That with a falsehood, like to truth, In the same instant cure, and kill. VII Go tell the next you will betray, (I mean that Fool usurps my room) How for his sake I'm turn'd away; To the same fortune he must come. VIII When I, restored to that sense Thou hast distemper'd, sound and free, Shall, with a very just pretence, Despise, and laugh at him and thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A RITUAL AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF by PETER JOHNSON THE RING AND THE CASTLE by AMY LOWELL SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. PURKAPILE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: TOM MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS IF THERE'S A GOD... by GREGORY ORR AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 2 by CHARLES COTTON |
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