An Ecstacy

Francis Quarles 1592 (Romford) – 1644



E'EN like two little bank-dividing brooks,
  That wash the pebbles with their wanton streams,
And having ranged and search'd a thousand nooks,
  Meet both at length in silver-breasted Thames,
    Where in a greater current they conjoin:        
So I my Best-belovèd's am; so He is mine.
 
E'en so we met; and after long pursuit,
  E'en so we joined; we both became entire;
No need for either to renew a suit,
  For I was flax, and He was flames of fire:        
    Our firm-united souls did more than twine;
So I my Best-belovèd's am; so He is mine.
 
If all those glittering Monarchs, that command
  The servile quarters of this earthly ball,
Should tender in exchange their shares of land,       
  I would not change my fortunes for them all:
    Their wealth is but a counter to my coin:
The world's but theirs; but my Belovèd's mine.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme axaxbC dedecC fgfgbc
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 848
Words 161
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6

Francis Quarles

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