The Pink
Henry King 1592 (Worminghall, Buckinghamshire) – 1669 (Chichester)
Fair one, you did on me bestow
Comparisons too sweet to ow;
And but I found them sent from you
I durst not think they could be true.
But 'tis your uncontrolled power
Goddess-like to produce a flower,
And by your breath, without more seed,
Make that a Pink which was a Weed.
Because I would be loth to miss
So sweet a Metamorphosis,
Upon what stalk soere I grow
Disdain not you sometimes to blow
And cherish by your Virgin eye
What in your frown would droop and die:
So shall my thankful leaf repay
Perfumed wishes every day:
And o're your fortune breathe a spell
Which may his obligation tell,
Who though he nought but air can give
Must ever your (Sweet) creature live.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 12, 2023
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Scheme | AABBCCDDEFAAGGHHIIJK |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 677 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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