A Black Patch On Lucasta's Face
Richard Lovelace 1618 – 1657
Dull as I was, to think that a court fly
Presum'd so neer her eye;
When 'twas th' industrious bee
Mistook her glorious face for paradise,
To summe up all his chymistry of spice;
With a brave pride and honour led,
Neer both her suns he makes his bed,
And, though a spark, struggles to rise as red.
Then aemulates the gay
Daughter of day;
Acts the romantick phoenix' fate,
When now, with all his sweets lay'd out in state,
LUCASTA scatters but one heat,
And all the aromatick pills do sweat,
And gums calcin'd themselves to powder beat,
Which a fresh gale of air
Conveys into her hair;
Then chaft, he's set on fire,
And in these holy flames doth glad expire;
And that black marble tablet there
So neer her either sphere
Was plac'd; nor foyl, nor ornament,
But the sweet little bee's large monument.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABCCDDDEEFFGHGIIJKILMM |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 906 |
Words | 149 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
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