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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 14, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Those amber locks are those same nets, my dear Last Line: Good delia, lose, quench, heal me now at length. Variant Title(s): Prayer To Sleep Subject(s): Love | |||
Those amber locks are those same nets, my dear, Wherewith my liberty thou didst surprise; Love was the flame that fired me so near, The dart transpiercing were those crystal eyes. Strong is the net and fervent is the flame; Deep is the wound, my sighs do well report; Yet do I love, adore, and praise the same That holds, that burns, that wounds me in this sort; And list not seek to break, to quench, to heal, The bond, the flame, the wound that fest'reth so; By knife, by liquor, or by salve to deal; So much I please to perish in my woe. Yet lest long travails be above my strength, Good Delia, lose, quench, heal me now at length. | 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 |
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