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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography First Line: Oh no, oh no! It cannot be that I Last Line: By her miraculous kindness from the grave. | |||
I. OH no, oh no! it cannot be that I So long condemn'd to die Should fool myself with hopes of a reprieve From her that read my destiny; She with her basilisk eyes denounc'd my doom. Why then should I in vain presume, In vain, fond man, to live My disappointments poorly to survive? II. Oh no, oh no! I know the worst on 't now, My sentence pass'd I know, And I no further expectations have My wither'd hopes again should grow. Yet 'tis a satisfaction to be sure I feel the worst I can endure. Oh that she yet would save By her miraculous kindness from the grave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CHARACTER OF A BELLY-GOD; CATIUS AND HORACE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; CLORIS AND PARTHENISSA by THOMAS FLATMAN A DIALOGUE; ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE by THOMAS FLATMAN A DOOMS-DAY THOUGHT by THOMAS FLATMAN A SONG ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY BEFORE THE KING, CAR. 2 by THOMAS FLATMAN A THOUGHT OF DEATH by THOMAS FLATMAN ADVICE TO AN OLD MAN OF SIXTY-THREE, ABOUT TO MARRY A GIRL OF SIXTEEN by THOMAS FLATMAN AGAINST THOUGHTS by THOMAS FLATMAN |
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