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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IDEA: 36. CUPID CONJURED, by MICHAEL DRAYTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slack Last Line: To make her love, or, cupid, be thou damn'd. Subject(s): Cupid; Eros | |||
Thou purblind boy, since thou hast been so slack To wound her heart, whose eyes have wounded me, And suffer'd her to glory in my wrack, Thus to my aid I lastly conjure thee: By hellish Styx, by which the Thund'rer swears, By thy fair mother's unavoided power, By Hecate's names, by Proserpine's sad tears When she was rapt to the infernal bower, By thine own loved Psyche, by the fires Spent on thine alters flaming up to heav'n, By all true lovers' sighs, vows, and desires, By all the wounds that ever thou hast giv'n: I conjure thee by all that I have nam'd To make her love, or, Cupid, be thou damn'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MESSAGE FROM THE SLEEPER AT HELL'S MOUTH: 6. ONESELF AT HELL'S MOUTH by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER SONNET: O HUSBAND! by ANNE WALDMAN EROS by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES CLEOMENS, OR THE SPARTAN HERO: SONG by JOHN DRYDEN A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON CUPID MISTAKEN by MATTHEW PRIOR DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE CANZONET: TO HIS COY LOVE by MICHAEL DRAYTON |
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