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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EXCUSE FOR WISHING HER LESS FAIR, by THOMAS STANLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why thy passion should it move Last Line: Celia, is less fair to be. | |||
WHY thy passion should it move That I wish'd thy beauty less? Fools desire what is above Power of nature to express; And to wish it had been more, Had been to outwish her store! If the flames within thine eye Did not too great heat inspire, Men might languish yet not die, At thy less ungentle fire; And might on thy weaker light Gaze, and yet not lose their sight. Nor wouldst thou less fair appear, For detraction adds to thee; If some parts less beauteous were, Others would much fairer be: Nor can any part we know Best be styl'd, when all are so. Thus this great excess of light, Which now dazzles our weak eyes, Would, eclips'd, appear more bright; And the only way to rise, Or to be more fair, for thee, Celia, is less fair to be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANSWER TO 'SONG' BY M. W. M. by THOMAS STANLEY ANSWER TO 'THE UNION' BY WILLIAM FAIRFAX by THOMAS STANLEY ANSWER TO 'TO A BLIND MAN IN LOVE' by THOMAS STANLEY CELIA SINGING by THOMAS STANLEY CHANG'D, YET CONSTANT by THOMAS STANLEY DESIRING HER TO BURN HIS VERSES by THOMAS STANLEY |
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