THOUGH you be absent here, I needs must say
The Trees as beauteous are, and flowers as gay,
As ever they were wont to be ;
Nay the Birds rural musick too
Is as melodious and free,
As if they sung to pleasure you:
I saw a Rose-Bud ope this morn ; I’ll swear
The blushing Morning open’d not more fair.
How could it be so fair, and you away ?
How could the Trees be beauteous, Flowers so gay ?
Could they remember but last year,
How you did Them, They you delight,
The sprouting leaves which saw you here,
And call’d their Fellows to the sight,
Would, looking round for the same sight in vain,
Creep back into their silent Barks again.
Where e’er you walk’d trees were as reverend made,
As when of old Gods dwelt in every shade.
Is ‘t possible they should not know,
What loss of honor they sustain,
That thus they smile and flourish now,
And still their former pride retain ?
Dull Creatures! ’tis not without Cause that she,
Who fled the God of wit, was made a Tree.
In ancient times sure they much wiser were,
When they rejoyc’d the Thracian verse to hear ;
In vain did Nature bid them stay,
When Orpheus had his song begun,
They call’d their wondring roots away,
And bad them silent to him run.
How would those learned trees have followed you ?
You would have drawn Them, and their Poet too.
But who can blame them now ? for, since you’re gone,
They’re here the only Fair, and Shine alone.
You did their Natural Rights invade ;
Where ever you did walk or sit,
The thickest Boughs could make no shade,
Although the Sun had granted it :
The fairest Flowers could please no more, neer you,
Then Painted Flowers, set next to them, could do.
When e’er then you come hither, that shall be
The time, which this to others is, to Me.
The little joys which here are now,
The name of Punishments do bear ;
When by their sight they let us know
How we depriv’d of greater are.
‘Tis you the best of Seasons with you bring ;
This is for Beasts, and that for Men the Spring
A few random poems:
- Олег Бундур – Про чемпионов
- Who is at my door? by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
- Sad-Eyed and Soft and Grey by William Morris
- Владимир Высоцкий – Татуировка
- Hendecasyllabics poem – Lord Alfred Tennyson poems
- The Ghost Of Roger Casement by William Butler Yeats
- Matthew by William Wordsworth
- It Will Not Change by Sara Teasdale
- Haiku: The Bluebird and the Sky by Monty Gilmer
- If I To You But Sorry Bring poem – Alfred Austin
- Sonnet 16: But wherefore do not you a mightier way by William Shakespeare
- Love Of Life poem – Alfred Austin
- Song of Poplars poem – Aldous Huxley poems | Poetry Monster
- A Week by Thomas Hardy
- Владимир Высоцкий – Песня лётчика
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Psalm 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 07 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 06 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 05 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 04 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 03 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 02 poem – John Milton poems
- Psalm 01 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Regained: The Third Book poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Regained: The Second Book poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Regained: The First Book poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 12 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 11 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 10 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 09 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 08 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 07 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 06 poem – John Milton poems
- Paradise Lost: Book 05 poem – John Milton poems
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Abraham Cowley (1618 – 1667), the Royalist Poet.Poet and essayist Abraham Cowley was born in London, England, in 1618. He displayed early talent as a poet, publishing his first collection of poetry, Poetical Blossoms (1633), at the age of 15. Cowley studied at Cambridge University but was stripped of his Cambridge fellowship during the English Civil War and expelled for refusing to sign the Solemn League and Covenant of 1644. In turn, he accompanied Queen Henrietta Maria to France, where he spent 12 years in exile, serving as her secretary. During this time, Cowley completed The Mistress (1647). Arguably his most famous work, the collection exemplifies Cowley’s metaphysical style of love poetry. After the Restoration, Cowley returned to England, where he was reinstated as a Cambridge fellow and earned his MD before finally retiring to the English countryside. He is buried at Westminster Abbey alongside Geoffrey Chaucer and Edmund Spenser. Cowley is a wonderful poet and an outstanding representative of the English baroque.