Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS DEAR BROTHER COLONEL F.L. MOURNING DEATH AT CARMARTHEN, by RICHARD LOVELACE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If tears could wash the ill away Last Line: Doth starry influence dissolve. Subject(s): Brothers; Carmarthen, Wales; Mourning; Half-brothers; Bereavement | ||||||||
IF tears could wash the ill away, A pearl for each wet bead I'd pay; But as dew'd corn the fuller grows, So water'd eyes but swell our woes. One drop another calls, which still (Grief adding fuel) doth distil; Too fruitful of herself is anguish, We need no cherishing to languish. Coward Fate degen'rate man Like little children uses when He whips us first until we weep, Then' cause we still a-weeping keep. Then from thy firm self never swerve; Tears fat the grief that they should sterve; Iron decrees of Destiny Are ne'er wip'd out with a wet eye. But this way you may gain the field, Oppose but sorrow, and 'twill yield; One gallant thorough-made resolve Doth starry influence dissolve. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART GRATIANA DANCING AND SINGING by RICHARD LOVELACE LA BELLA BONA ROBA by RICHARD LOVELACE THE GRASSHOPPER; TO MY NOBLE FRIEND MR. CHARLES COTTON by RICHARD LOVELACE |
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