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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALLUSION TO THESEUS VOYAGE TO CRETE, by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) Poet Analysis First Line: My love is sail'd against dislike to fight | |||
My Love is sailed, against Dislike to fight, Which, like vild monster, threatens his decay: The ship is Hope, which, by Desire's great might, Is swiftly borne towards the wished bay: The company which with my Love doth fare, Though met in one, is a dissenting crew: They are Joy, Grief, and never-sleeping Care, And Doubt, which ne'er believes good news for true Black Fear the flag is, which my ship doth bear, Which, Dear, take down, if my Love victor be: And let white Comfort in his place appear, When Love victoriously returns to me; Lest I from rock Despair come tumbling down, And in a sea of tears be forced to drown. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOSCE TEIPSUM: AFFLICTION by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) NOSCE TEIPSUM: WHICH IS A PROUD, AND YET A WRETCHED THING by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) THE DANCING OF THE AIR by JOHN DAVIES (1569-1626) FIRST BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 11 by THOMAS CAMPION THE WISDOM OF MERLYN by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT SANDY STAR: 3. EXIT by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE BEAUTY AND BEAUTY by RUPERT BROOKE GRANDMOTHER'S GARDEN by ABBIE FARWELL BROWN TO MR. RENTON, BERWICK by ROBERT BURNS SINGING FAITH by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 1 by THOMAS CAMPION |
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