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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
UPON LOVE (3), by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare Last Line: Ere I wo'd love at all. Subject(s): Love | |||
Love scorch'd my finger, but did spare The burning of my heart: To signifie, in Love my share Sho'd be a little part. Little I love; but if that he Wo'd but that heat recall: That joynt to ashes sho'd be burnt, Ere I wo'd love at all. | 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 CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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