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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO DELIA: 22, by SAMUEL DANIEL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: False hope prolongs my ever certain grief Last Line: Hopes are unsure when certain is my pain. Subject(s): Grief; Love; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
False hope prolongs my ever-certain grief, Trait'rous to me and faithful to my love; A thousand times it promised me relief, Yet never any true effect I prove. Oft when I find in her no truth at all, I banish her, and blame her treachery; Yet soon again I must her back recall, As one that dies without her company. Thus often as I chase my hope from me, Straightway she hastes her unto Delia's eyes; Fed with some pleasing look there shall she be, And so sent back, and thus my fortune lies. Looks feed my hope, hope fosters me in vain; Hopes are unsure when certain is my pain. | 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 |
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