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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIRD BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 19, by THOMAS CAMPION Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Be thou then my beauty named Last Line: Ile love thee, serve thee, and adore. Subject(s): Courtship; Desire; Flattery; Love | |||
Be thou then my beauty named, Since thy will is to be mine: For by that am I enflamed, Which on all alike doth shine. Others may the light admire, I onely truely feele the fire. But, if lofty titles move thee, Challenge then a Sov'raignes place: Say I honour when I love thee, Let me call thy kindnesse grace. State and Love things divers bee, Yet will we teach them to agree. Or, if this be not sufficing, Be thou stil'd my Goddesse then: I will love thee sacrificing, In thine honour Hymnes Ile pen. To be thine, what canst thou more? Ile love thee, serve thee, and adore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 9 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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