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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CLOE, by GEORGE GRANVILLE Poet's Biography First Line: Cloe's the wonder of her sex Last Line: A boundless will to ease us. Alternate Author Name(s): Grenville, George; Lansdowne, Baron | |||
Cloe's the wonder of her sex: 'Tis well her heart is tender; How might such killing eyes perplex, With virtue to defend her? But nature, graciously inclin'd, Not bent to vex, but please us, Has, to her boundless beauty, join'd A boundless will to ease us. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOUGHTFUL NIGHTS by GEORGE GRANVILLE VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN A PHONECALL FROM FRANK O'HARA by ANNE WALDMAN THE DIRGE [FOR FIDELE], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE FANCIES AT NAVESINK: 6 by WALT WHITMAN THE SALZBURG CHIMES by HENRY ALFORD TO MRS. ANN FLAXMAN by WILLIAM BLAKE MATRIMONIAL MELODIES: 1. ASHES TO ASHES by BERTON BRALEY |
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