Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CLOE WEEPING, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography First Line: See, whilst thou weep'st, fair cloe, see Last Line: But that dear breast on which they fall. Subject(s): Birds; Grief; Love; Singing & Singers; Tears; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
See, whilst thou weep'st, fair Cloe, see The world in sympathy with thee. The cheerful birds no longer sing; Each drops his head and hangs his wing. The clouds have bent their bosom lower, And shed their sorrows in a shower. The brooks beyond their limits flow, And louder murmurs speak their woe. The nymphs and swains adopt thy cares; They heave thy sighs and weep thy tears. Fantastic nymph! that grief should move Thy heart, obdurate against love. Strange tears! whose power can soften all But that dear breast on which they fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A BETTER ANSWER (TO CHLOE JEALOUS) by MATTHEW PRIOR A DUTCH PROVERB by MATTHEW PRIOR A LETTER TO LADY [MISS] MARGARET-CAVANDISH-HOLLES-HARLEY, WHEN A CHILD by MATTHEW PRIOR |
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