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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DESIRING HER TO BURN HIS VERSES, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: These papers, chariessa, let thy breath Last Line: Things without sense from flames, and yet not me. Subject(s): Love - Complaints; Poetry & Poets | |||
THESE papers, Chariessa, let thy breath Condemn; thy hand unto the flames bequeath; 'Tis fit, who gave them life, should give them death. And whilst in curled flames to Heaven they rise, Each trembling sheet shall as it upwards flies, Present itself to thee a sacrifice. Then when about its native orb it came, And reach'd the lesser lights o' th' sky, this flame Contracted to a star should wear thy name. Or falling down on earth from its bright sphere, Shall in a diamond's shape its lustre bear, And trouble (as it did before) thine ear. But thou wilt cruel even in mercy be, Unequal in thy justice, who dost free Things without sense from flames, and yet not Me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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