A Farewel To Worldly Joys Poem by Anne Killigrew

A Farewel To Worldly Joys

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FArewel ye Unsubstantial Joyes,
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
For when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithaca's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy tye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Suryendu Chaudhury 25 October 2020

The poem deals with a transformation in the psyche of the poet.

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