Delia: XXXI (1592 version): Look, Delia, how we 'steem the

Samuel Daniel 1562 (Taunton) – 1619



XXXI (

version)
    Look, Delia, how we 'steem the half-blown rose,
   The image of thy blush and summer's honour,
   Whilst in her tender green she doth enclose
   That pure sweet beauty time bestows upon her.
   No sooner spreads her glory in the air
   But straight her full-blown pride is in declining;
   She then is scorn'd that late adorn'd the fair:
   So clouds thy beauty after fairest shining.
   No April can revive thy wither'd flowers,
  Whose blooming grace adorns thy beauty now;
  Swift speedy time, feather'd with flying hours,
  Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.
  O let not then such riches waste in vain,
  But love whilst that thou mayst be lov'd again.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBCCDCDEFECGH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 676
Words 115
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15

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