When Thou must Home to Shades of Underground



When thou must home to shades of underground,
     And there arriv'd, a new admired guest,
     The beauteous spirits do engirt thee round,
     White Iope, blithe Helen, and the rest,
     To hear the stories of thy finish'd love
     From that smooth tongue whose music hell can move;

     Then wilt thou speak of banqueting delights,
     Of masques and revels which sweet youth did make,
     Of tourneys and great challenges of knights,
   And all these triumphs for thy beauty's sake:
   When thou hast told these honours done to thee,
   Then tell, O tell, how thou didst murder me.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABABXX CDCDEE
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 586
Words 97
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6

Thomas Campion

Thomas Campion sometimes Campian was an English composer poet and physician Campion was first published as a poet in 1591 with five of his works appearing in an edition of Sir Philip Sidneys Astrophel and Stella more…

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