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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY YOUNG LADY LUCY SIDNEY, by EDMUND WALLER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why came I so untimely forth Last Line: All that was promised by the spring. Variant Title(s): To A Very Young Lady | |||
WHY came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth, Or shadow of felicity? That time should me so far remove From that which I was born to love. Yet, fairest Blossom! do not slight That eye which you may know so soon; The rosy morn resigns her light And milder splendours to the noon: If such thy dawning beauty's power Who shall abide its noon-tide hour? Hope waits upon the flowery prime; And summer though it be less gay, Yet is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay; For with a full hand she doth bring All that was promised by the spring. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OF THE LAST VERSES IN THE BOOK by EDMUND WALLER CHLORIS AND HYLAS (MADE TO A SARABAND) by EDMUND WALLER OF ENGLISH VERSE by EDMUND WALLER OF MY LADY ISABELLA PLAYING ON THE LUTE by EDMUND WALLER ON THE FRIENDSHIP BETWIXT TWO LADIES by EDMUND WALLER THE SELF BANISHED (2) by EDMUND WALLER THE STORY OF PHOEBUS [OR APOLLO] AND DAPHNE APPLIED by EDMUND WALLER |
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