Leave Me, O Love Which Reachest But To Dust
by Sir Philip Sidney
Leave me, O love which reachest but to dust,
And thou, my mind, aspire to higher things;
Grow rich in that which never taketh rust:
Whatever fades but fading pleasure brings.
Draw in thy beams, and humble all thy might
To that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be,
Which breaks the clouds and opens forth the light
That doth both shine and give us sight to see.
O, take fast hold; let that light be thy guide
In this small course which birth draws out to death,
And think how evil becometh him to slide
Who seeketh heaven, and comes of heavenly breath.
Then farewell, world! thy uttermost I see:
Eternal Love, maintain thy life in me.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Sonnet III. Written On The Day That Mr. Leigh Hunt Left Prison poem – John Keats poems
- Simple Heart
- Bring, In This Timeless Grave To Throw poem – A. E. Housman
- Федор Сологуб – Лесная тропа
- Olney Hymn 32: The Shining Light by William Cowper
- Robert Burns: Ballads on Mr. Heron’s Election, 1795: Ballad Third – John Bushby’s Lamentation.
- Стефан Малларме – Подавленное тучей
- Our Bog Is Dood by Stevie Smith
- Hamlet As Told On The Street by Shel Silverstein
- Sonnet II: When Forty Winters Shall Besiege Thy Brow by William Shakespeare
- Владимир Маяковский – Товарищ! Фронту помог ты… (РОСТА №444)
- Юлия Жадовская – Всё ты уносишь, нещадное время
- Farewell To Florida by Wallace Stevens
- Яков Полонский – Орел и голубка
- Let me be to Thee as the circling bird poem – Gerard Manley Hopkins poems
Some external links:
Duckduckgo.com – the alternative in the US
Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) was an English courtier, statesman, soldier, diplomat, writer, and patron of scholars and poets. He was a godson of Philip II of Spain. Sir Philip Sidney was considered the ideal gentleman of his day. He is also one of the most important poets of the Elizabethan Era.