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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 50, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo, here the impost of a faith unfeigning Last Line: I say no more, I fear I said too much. Variant Title(s): The Trophies Subject(s): Eyes; Hope; Love; Optimism | |||
Lo, here the impost of a faith unfeigning, That love hath paid, and her disdain extorted; Behold the message of my just complaining, That shows the world how much my grief imported. These tributary plaints, fraught with desire, I send those eyes, the cabinets of love, The paradise whereto my hopes aspire, From out this hell, which mine afflictions prove; Wherein I thus do live, cast down from mirth, Pensive, alone, none but despair about me; My joys abortive, perished at their birth, My cares long lived, and will not die without me. This is my state, and Delia's heart is such; I say no more, I fear I said too much. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON |
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