Representative Poetry Online

On this day: February 19th

Random Poem of the Day

2    that so sweetly were forsworne,
3And those eyes: the breake of day
4    lights that doe mislead the Morne;
5But my kisses bring againe, bring againe,
6Seales of loue, but seal'd in vaine, seal'd in vaine.

Notes

1] This song opens Measure for Measure, Act IV, scene 1, being sung by a boy to Mariana. With an added stanza, it was introduced into John Fletcher's The Bloody Brother (ca. 1620) and has been attributed to Fletcher. Back to Line